Cetacea name details

Physeter microps Linnaeus, 1758

148739 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148739)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Chordata
  4. Vertebrata
  5. Gnathostomata
  6. Tetrapoda
  7. Mammalia
  8. Theria
  9. Cetartiodactyla
  10. Cetancodonta
  11. Cetacea
  12. Odontoceti
  13. Physeteridae
  14. Physeter
  15. Physeter microps
 unaccepted (synonym)
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Physeter Linnaeus, 1758
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database. Physeter microps Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea.../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148739 on 2026-08-12
Date
action
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2005-03-29 08:12:19Z
created
Claus, Simon
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z
changed
Perrin, William
2009-01-07 16:13:45Z
changed
Perrin, William
2009-04-09 15:27:12Z
changed
Perrin, William

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

source of synonymy Schevill, W.E. (1986). The International Code of zoological nomenclature and a paradigm: the name <i>Physeter catodon</i> Linnaeus 1758. <i>Mar. Mamm. Sci. 2(2)</i>: 153-157 (look up in IMIS) [details] 
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