WoRMS taxon details
Odontoceti
AphiaID: 148723
AphiaID: 148723
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Superfamily | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Cetacea | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cetodontes (synonym) Delphiniceti (synonym for part of Odontoceti) Denticete (synonym) Denticeti (synonym) Odontoceta (synonym) Odontocete (synonym) Squaloceti (synonym for part of Odontoceti) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: 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] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa | Family Delphinidae Gray, 1821 Family Iniidae Gray, 1846 Family Kogiidae Gill, 1871 Family Lipotidae Zhou, Qian & Li, 1978 Family Monodontidae Gray, 1821 Family Odontoceti incertae sedis Family Phocoenidae Family Physeteridae Family Platanistidae Gray, 1846 Family Pontoporiidae Gray, 1870 Family Ziphiidae Gray, 1850 Family Delphinorhynchidae Sclater, 1887 (nomen dubium) Family Belugidae Gray, 1868 accepted as Monodontidae Gray, 1821 Family Catodontidae F. Cuvier, 1836 accepted as Physeteridae Family Delphinapteridae Slijper, 1936 accepted as Monodontidae Gray, 1821 Family Delphinapteridae Kasuya, 1973 accepted as Delphinidae Gray, 1821 Family Delphinoidae Guerin, 1874 accepted as Delphinidae Gray, 1821 Family Delphinusideae Lesson, 1842 accepted as Delphinidae Gray, 1821 Family Globicephalidae Nishiwaki, 1963 accepted as Globicephalinae Le Duc, 1997 Family Globidelphinidae Nishiwaki, 1963 accepted as Delphinidae Gray, 1821 Family Globiocephalidae Gray, 1850 accepted as Globicephalinae Le Duc, 1997 Family Grampidae Gray, 1871 accepted as Globicephalinae Le Duc, 1997 Family Heterodontidae Girard, 1852 accepted as Ziphiidae Gray, 1850 Family Holodontidae Brandt, 1873 (unaccepted, divided into several families) Family Hyperoodontidae Gray, 1846 accepted as Ziphiidae Gray, 1850 Family Hypognathodontidae Brandt, 1873 (unaccepted, divided into Ziphiidae and Physeteridae) Family Norvallidae Burnett, 1830 accepted as Monodontidae Gray, 1821 Family Orcadae Gray, 1871 accepted as Delphinidae Gray, 1821 Family Orcaelidae Nishiwaki, 1972 accepted as Delphinidae Gray, 1821 Family Orcaellidae Nishiwaki, 1963 accepted as Delphinidae Gray, 1821 Family Stenidae Fraser & Purves, 1960 accepted as Stenoninae Le Duc, 1997 Family Susuidae Hershkovitz, 1966 accepted as Platanistidae Gray, 1846 Family Susuoidea Gray, 1868 accepted as Platanistidae Gray, 1846 Family Tachynicidae Brookes, 1828 accepted as Monodontidae Gray, 1821 Family Xiphidae Ameghino, 1889 accepted as Ziphiidae Gray, 1850 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Classification: There is yet no agreement on the rank that this clade should have. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148723 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Odontoceti. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/authority/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148723 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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