WoRMS taxon details
Globicephala Lesson, 1828
Cetus Wagler, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)
Globicephalus Lesson, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Globiceps Flower, 1884 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
Globiocephala Gibson Hill, 1950 · unaccepted (synonym)
Globiocephalus Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym )
Sphaerocephalus Gray, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846
- Species Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
- Species Globicephala brachycephala Cadenat, 1957 accepted as Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Globicephala chinensis Gray, 1866 accepted as Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Globicephala indica Blyth, 1852 accepted as Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Globicephala leucosagmaphora Rayner, 1939 accepted as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) (synonym)
- Species Globicephala macrorhyncha Fraser, 1950 accepted as Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Globicephala mela Morice, 1958 accepted as Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Globicephala melaena (Traill, 1809) accepted as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) (misspelling)
- Species Globicephala melaena Thomas, 1898 accepted as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) (synonym)
- Species Globicephala meloena Paulus, 1960 accepted as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) (junior synonym)
- Species Globicephala scammoni Sowerby, 1926 accepted as Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Globicephala scammonii Kuroda, 1938 accepted as Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Globicephala scamonii Nishiwaki, 1957 accepted as Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Globicephala sieboldii Gray, 1846 accepted as Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Globicephala ventricosa Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846
marine, terrestrial
Lesson, R. P. (1828). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mammifères et des oiseaux décoverts depuis 1788 jusqu'a nos jours. 442pp., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=A5g-AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=pt-PT&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=snippet&q=Globicephala%5C&f=false
page(s): 276 [details]
page(s): 276 [details]
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Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Globicephala Lesson, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137017 on 2024-08-13
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Lesson, R. P. (1828). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mammifères et des oiseaux décoverts depuis 1788 jusqu'a nos jours. 442pp., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=A5g-AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=pt-PT&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=snippet&q=Globicephala%5C&f=false
page(s): 276 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
page(s): 276 [details]
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basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
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