WoRMS taxon details
Platanistidae Gray, 1846
AphiaID: 254965
AphiaID: 254965
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Odontoceti | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Susuidae Hershkovitz, 1966 (synonym for part of Platanistidae) Susuoidea Gray, 1868 (synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Source |
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] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Platanista Wagler, 1830 Genus Platanistina Neave, 1940 accepted as Platanista Wagler, 1830 Genus Soosoo Hamilton, 1837 accepted as Platanista Wagler, 1830 Genus Sousou F. Cuvier, 1836 accepted as Platanista Wagler, 1830 Genus Susa Wagler, 1830 accepted as Platanista Wagler, 1830 Genus Susu Lesson, 1828 accepted as Platanista Wagler, 1830 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | fresh | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254965 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Platanistidae. 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=254965 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||||||||
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