WoRMS taxon details
Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860
Gladiator Gray, 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)
Grampus Iredale & Troughton, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophysia Gray, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Orca Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
- Species Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Orcinus glacialis Berzin & Vladimirov, 1982 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Orcinus nanus Mikhalev, Ivashin, Savusin & Zelenaya, 1981 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Fitzinger, L. J. (1860). Wissenschaftlich-populäre Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere in ihren sämmtlichen Hauptformen : nebst einer Einleitung in die Naturgeschichte uberhaupt und in die Lehre von den Thieren insbesondere. <em>Wien :Aus der Kaiserlich-königlichen hof- und staatsdrucherei.</em> 6: 364pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15565726
page(s): 204 [details]
page(s): 204 [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137021 on 2025-04-18
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Fitzinger, L. J. (1860). Wissenschaftlich-populäre Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere in ihren sämmtlichen Hauptformen : nebst einer Einleitung in die Naturgeschichte uberhaupt und in die Lehre von den Thieren insbesondere. <em>Wien :Aus der Kaiserlich-königlichen hof- und staatsdrucherei.</em> 6: 364pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15565726
page(s): 204 [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]
page(s): 204 [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]
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King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
