WoRMS taxon details

Cetacea

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Tetrapoda (Megaclass)
  7. Mammalia (Class)
  8. Theria (Subclass)
  9. Cetartiodactyla (Order)
  10. Cetancodonta (Suborder)
  11. Cetacea (Infraorder)
Brisson, 1762
accepted
Infraorder

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  1. Superfamily Mysticeti Flower, 1864
  2. Superfamily Odontoceti Flower, 1867
  3. Superfamily Cetodontes Van Beneden & Gervais, 1869-1880 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
  4. Superfamily Delphiniceti Abel, 1913 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym for part of Odontoceti)
  5. Superfamily Denticete Gray, 1864 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
  6. Superfamily Denticeti Cope, 1869 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
  7. Superfamily Odontoceta De Blasé, 1982 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
  8. Superfamily Odontocete Flower, 1865 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
  9. 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 (2024). Cetacea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2688 on 2024-12-22
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-11-20 17:01:47Z
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2008-11-24 16:47:17Z
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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 
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Formerly an order, but now contained within Order Cetartiodactyla [details]
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LanguageName 
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]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cetacea) 
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To ITIS