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Phocoena G. Cuvier, 1816 
AphiaID: 137031

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Phocoenidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Phocoenidae
Synonymised
taxa		  Acanthodelphis Gray, 1866 (synonym)
 Australophocaena Barnes, 1985 (synonym)
 Phocaena Lesson, 1827 (misspelling)
 Phocena Gray, 1821 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

from synonym: Shirihai, H. 2002 A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean Alula Press FI 510 pp [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912
Species Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Phocoena sinus Norris & McFarland, 1958
Species Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister, 1865)

Species Phocoena australis Peale, 1848 accepted as Lagenorhynchus australis (Peale, 1848)
Species Phocoena commersonii Lesson, 1827 accepted as Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804)
Species Phocoena obtusata Phillipi, 1893 accepted as Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912
Species Phocoena phocaenoides Robinson & Kloss, 1918 accepted as Neophocaena phocaenoides (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Phocoena rondeletti Giglioli, 1870 accepted as Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Phocoena vomerina Hall & Kelson, 1959 accepted as Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
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Images 
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 43)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 43)
added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
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qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-02-15 18:21:39

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 55)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 55)
added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-02-15 18:21:47

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 56)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 56)
added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-02-15 18:22:05
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137031
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-27 07:06:07Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
2009-03-09 12:44:44Z  changed  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Phocoena G. Cuvier, 1816. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137031 on 2013-05-20
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