WoRMS taxon details
Cetacea
Superfamily Mysticeti Flower, 1864
Superfamily Odontoceti Flower, 1867
Superfamily Cetodontes Van Beneden & Gervais, 1869-1880 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Delphiniceti Abel, 1913 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym for part of Odontoceti)
Superfamily Denticete Gray, 1864 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Denticeti Cope, 1869 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Odontoceta De Blasé, 1982 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Odontocete Flower, 1865 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Squaloceti Abel, 1913 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym for part of Odontoceti)
Superfamily Odontoceti Flower, 1867
Superfamily Cetodontes Van Beneden & Gervais, 1869-1880 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Delphiniceti Abel, 1913 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym for part of Odontoceti)
Superfamily Denticete Gray, 1864 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Denticeti Cope, 1869 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Odontoceta De Blasé, 1982 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Odontocete Flower, 1865 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Squaloceti Abel, 1913 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym for part of Odontoceti)
marine, brackish, fresh
recent + fossil
Not documented
Taxonomy Formerly an order, but now contained within Order Cetartiodactyla
Taxonomy Formerly an order, but now contained within Order Cetartiodactyla [details]
WoRMS (2023). Cetacea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2688 on 2023-05-28
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basis of record
Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. <em>FAO Species identification guide.</em> FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Formerly an order, but now contained within Order Cetartiodactyla [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | walvissen | [details] |
| English | whales, dolphins and porpoises | [details] |
| German | Wale | [details] |
| Italian | cetacei | [details] |
| Lithuanian | banginiai | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Κητώδη | [details] |
| Norwegian | hvaler | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | hvaler | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | kvalar | [details] |
| Polish | walenie | [details] |
| Russian | ктообразные | [details] |
| Slovenian | kiti | [details] |
| Swedish | valar | [details] |
| Turkish | balinalar | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Китоподібні | [details] |
