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Physeter macrocephalus
Linnaeus, 1758
- sperm whale
(mammal)
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Physeter (Genus) - sperm whale
..Physeter macrocephalus (Species) - sperm whale
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank
:
Raj. pisc. 15: 11.
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 76.
Unavailable subsequent generic combination
:
Types
Type of
:
Physeter
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Accepted name (subjective)
:
Physeter catodon
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 2005
: 737.
Junior synonym
:
Physeter catodon
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Catodon australis
Wall, 1851
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Catodon colneti
J. E. Gray
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Catodon polycyphus
(Q. & G.) R. P. Lesson
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Catodon svineval
B. G. E. de Lacepède
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Catodon trumpo
B. G. E. de Lacepède
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Meganeuron krefftii
Gray, 1866
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Megistosaurus ensiformis
Godman, 1827
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Physalus cylindricus
B. G. E. de Lacepède
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Physeter australasianus
Desmoulins, 1822
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Physeter australis
Gray, 1846
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Physeter mular
B. G. E. de Lacepède
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Physeter orthodon
B. G. E. de Lacepéde
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Physeter tursio
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name (subjective)
:
Physeter catodon
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
J. van der Land (comp.), 2001
: 376.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
potvis
Ref:
1992
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
sperm whale
Ref:
1994
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