Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
NZOR Identifier: 41e0611b-3336-4c17-bed5-58926512b86aStatus
- Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id 7c89cf62-0d24-4221-b81d-d86d3b1fb9e2)
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- subphylum
- Craniata
- superclass
- Gnathostomata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cetacea
- suborder
- Odontoceti
- family
- Physeteridae
- genus
- Physeter
- species
- Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Providers
Biostatus
- Geo Schema
- Political Region
- Geo Region
- New Zealand
- Biome
- Marine
- Environmental Context
- Wild
- Occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Indigenous
Scientific Name
- Authority
- Linnaeus
- Rank
- species
- Year
- 1758
- Nomenclatural Comment
- Marine
- Governing Code
- ICZN
- Is Recombination
- No
Taxon Concept
- NZOR Concept Id
- 7c89cf62-0d24-4221-b81d-d86d3b1fb9e2
- According to
- NZIB (2012-) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Name Based Concepts
- Has Parent
- Physeter (In use by NZOR)
- Preferred Name
- Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (In use by NZOR) }
Taxon Concept
- NZOR Concept Id
- 58408e7e-68e0-4eb8-81a3-9579c2510d44
- 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
- Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 }
No subordinate taxa
Application - has vernacular
- Full Name
- Sperm whale
- Name Id
- 25ada1d4-d10c-4162-95af-f6e222f04387
- 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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