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Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) planifrons Flower, 1882 
AphiaID: 231406

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Ziphiidae (Family) > Hyperoodon (Genus) > Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) (Subgenus)
Status alternate representation
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882
Rank Species
Parent Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) Moore, 1968
Sources  basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

additional source: 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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Antarctica [details]
Subantarctic Waters [details]
World Oceans [details]
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231406
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2006-05-17 09:54:26Z  created  Charbonneau, Danny
2007-12-24 20:10:49Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
2009-04-01 16:57:11Z  changed  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) planifrons Flower, 1882. 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=231406 on 2013-06-18
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