Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)
NZOR Identifier: 2d39934d-eee0-4049-a1a4-14b3e99b778bStatus
- Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id b0bd2671-298b-4f98-9707-e01c5969afe7)
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- subphylum
- Craniata
- superclass
- Gnathostomata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cetacea
- suborder
- Odontoceti
- family
- Delphinidae
- genus
- Peponocephala
- species
- Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)
Providers
Biostatus
- Geo Schema
- Political Region
- Geo Region
- New Zealand
- Biome
- Marine
- Environmental Context
- Wild
- Occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Indigenous
Scientific Name
- Authority
- Gray
- Rank
- species
- Year
- 1846
- Nomenclatural Comment
- Marine
- Governing Code
- ICZN
- Is Recombination
- Yes
Taxon Concept
- NZOR Concept Id
- b0bd2671-298b-4f98-9707-e01c5969afe7
- According to
- NZIB (2012-) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Name Based Concepts
- Has Parent
- Peponocephala (In use by NZOR)
- Preferred Name
- Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) (In use by NZOR) }
Taxon Concept
- NZOR Concept Id
- b88e2075-4b3c-40f6-8480-3f583b76d0c6
- According to
- King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicol, 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, R.; Macadie, I., Compiled by King, C.M.; Baker, A.M.; Fordyce, R.E. 24: Phylum CHORDATA: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, Living and Holocene mammals and extinct non-marine mammals. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1.
- Preferred Name
- Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) }
No subordinate taxa
Application - has vernacular
- Full Name
- Melon-headed whale
- Name Id
- 667f69d9-fe45-492e-93c7-c5d0f33debcf
- According To
- King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicol, 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, R.; Macadie, I., Compiled by King, C.M.; Baker, A.M.; Fordyce, R.E. 24: Phylum CHORDATA: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, Living and Holocene mammals and extinct non-marine mammals. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1.
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