World Cetacea Database - Caperea Gray, 1864

Cetacea taxon details

Caperea Gray, 1864

AphiaID

231388 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231388)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Neobalaenidae Gray, 1873

Synonymised names

Neobalaena Gray, 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Caperea marginata (Gray, 1846)
Species Caperea antipodarum Gray, 1866 accepted as Caperea marginata (Gray, 1846) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database. Caperea Gray, 1864. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231388 on 2026-10-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-05-17 09:54:26Z

created

Charbonneau, Danny

2006-09-05 10:37:23Z

changed

Renders, Kristel

2008-08-20 11:25:36Z

changed

Perrin, William

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basis of record Shirihai, H. (2002). A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean. Alula Press FI 510 pp. [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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