WoRMS taxon details
Physeter Linnaeus, 1758
Catodon Linnaeus, 1761 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cetus Billberg, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Meganeuron Gray, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Megistosaurus Anonymous in Harlan, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phiseter Bonnaterre, 1789 · unaccepted (synonym)
Physalus Lacépède, 1804 · unaccepted (synonym)
Physeterus Duméril, 1806 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tursio Fleming, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subgenus Physeter (Euphyseter)
- Species Physeter (Euphyseter) simus Owen, 1866 represented as Physeter simus Owen, 1866 accepted as Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)
- Species Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Physeter andersonii Borowski, 1780 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Physeter australasiensis Desmoulins, 1822 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Physeter australis Gray, 1846 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) (basionym)
- Species Physeter breviceps de Blainville, 1838 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) (basionym)
- Species Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Physeter maximus G. Cuvier, 1798 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Physeter microps Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Physeter microps Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Physeter novaeangliae Borowski, 1780 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Physeter orthodon Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Physeter simus Owen, 1866 accepted as Kogia sima (Owen, 1866) (basionym)
- Species Physeter tursio Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Physeter gibbosus Schreber, 1802 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
- Species Physeter katadon Muller, 1773 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
- Species Physeter krefftii Boschma, 1938 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
- Species Physeter polycephus Quoy & Gaimard in Freycinet, 1824 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
- Species Physeter polycystus Gray, 1866 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
- Species Physeter pterodon Trouessart, 1898 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Physeter Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137032 on 2024-11-01
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Catodon Linnaeus, 1761) Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus insectorum. <em>Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden.</em> 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333 [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]
[request]original description (of Catodon Linnaeus, 1761) Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus insectorum. <em>Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden.</em> 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333 [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]
