Arctic Register of Marine Species

ARMS taxon details

Cetacea

AphiaID

2688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2688)

Classification

Authority

Brisson, 1762

Status

accepted

Rank

Infraorder

Parent

Cetancodonta

Direct children (2)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

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Superfamily Mysticeti Flower, 1864
Superfamily Odontoceti Flower, 1867

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

ARMS (2025). Cetacea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2688 on 2026-01-15

Regional species database citation

Sirenko, B.I.; Clarke, C.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Huettmann, F.; Bluhm, B.A.; Gradinger, R. (eds) (2026). The Arctic Register of Marine Species (ARMS) compiled by the Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD). Cetacea. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php/_profiler/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2688 on 2026-01-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2008-11-20 17:01:47Z

changed

Perrin, William

2008-11-24 16:47:17Z

changed

Perrin, William

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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

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cetacea)
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To ITIS