Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

MSBIAS 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

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Superfamily Mysticeti Flower, 1864
Superfamily Odontoceti Flower, 1867

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MSBIAS (2025). Cetacea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2688 on 2025-05-09

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Cetacea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2688 on 2025-05-09

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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Language	Name
English	whales, dolphins and porpoises	[details]

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