WoRMS taxon details
Cetacea
- Family Cetotheriidae Brandt, 1872 †
- Family Eomysticetidae Sanders & Barnes, 2002 †
- Genus Horopeta Tsai & Fordyce, 2015 †
- Family Kekenodontidae Mitchell, 1989 †
- Superfamily Mysticeti Flower, 1864
- Superfamily Odontoceti Flower, 1867
- Superfamily Platanistoidea Simpson 1945 †
- Family Squalodontidae Brandt, 1873 †
- Family Waipatiidae Fordyce, 1994 †
- Superfamily Cetodontes Van Beneden & Gervais, 1869-1880 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
- Superfamily Delphiniceti Abel, 1913 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym for part of Odontoceti)
- Superfamily Denticete Gray, 1864 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
- Superfamily Denticeti Cope, 1869 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
- Superfamily Odontoceta De Blasé, 1982 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
- Superfamily Odontocete Flower, 1865 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
- 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 2024-11-22
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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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |
