WoRMS taxon details
Sotalia (Gray, 1866)
AphiaID: 231393
AphiaID: 231393
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Delphinidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Delphinidae Gray, 1821 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Tucuxa Gray, 1866 (synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: 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] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853) Species Sotalia guianensis (Van Beneden, 1864) Species Sotalia gadamu Flower, 1884 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis) Species Sotalia maculiventer Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis) Species Sotalia perniger Trouessart, 1904 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis) Species Sotalia santonicus Touessart, 1904 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis) Species Sotalia borneensis Lydekker, 1901 accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) Species Sotalia brasiliensis E. Van Beneden, 1876 accepted as Sotalia guianensis (Van Beneden, 1864) Species Sotalia braziliensis Racovitza, 1903 accepted as Sotalia guianensis (Van Beneden, 1864) Species Sotalia chinensis True, 1889 accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) Species Sotalia fergusoni Lydekker, 1903 accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) Species Sotalia lentiginosa (Gray, 1866) accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) Species Sotalia lentiginosus Flower, 1884 accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) Species Sotalia pallida Sanborn, 1949 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817) Species Sotalia pallida Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 accepted as Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853) Species Sotalia plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) Species Sotalia plumbeus Flower, 1883 accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) Species Sotalia sinensis Flower, 1883 accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) Species Sotalia teuszi Hershkovitz, 1966 accepted as Sousa teuszii (Kükenthal, 1892) Species Sotalia teuszii Kükenthal, 1892 accepted as Sousa teuszii (Kükenthal, 1892) Species Sotalia tucuxi Flower, 1884 accepted as Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231393 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Sotalia (Gray, 1866). 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=231393 on 2013-06-18 | ||||||||||||||
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