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Taxon: Species Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 - sperm whale (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank Art. gen. 78.
Original name, rank, combination & spelling Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 76.
Unavailable subsequent generic combination

Types

Type, by synonymy, ofPhyseter (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Variants

Incorrect spellingPhysander catadon Kuchta & Scholz, 2017, nom. inval. Ref: Gubanov, in Delyamure, 1955: 180. [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted name (subjective)Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: J. van der Land (comp.), 2001: 376.
Senior synonymPhyseter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name (subjective)Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 2005: 737.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namesperm whale
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