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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

137118  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137118)

 unaccepted (synonym)
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  1. Subspecies Physeter catodon australis Tomilin, 1957 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  2. Subspecies Physeter catodon catodon Tomilin, 1957 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 76 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Taxonomy Some workers prefer use of this name for the sperm whale, rather than P. macrocephalus, also described by Linnaeus (1758),...  
Taxonomy Some workers prefer use of this name for the sperm whale, rather than P. macrocephalus, also described by Linnaeus (1758), based on their interpretation of Linnaeus' diagnoses of the two nominal species and belief that P. macrocephalus refers to the pilot whale Globicephala melas. However, most workers now consider both names to refer to the sperm whale, with P. macrocephalus having line priority on the page in Linnaeus' work. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137118 on 2024-10-31
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2005-03-29 08:12:19Z
changed
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z
checked
2009-01-07 16:13:45Z
changed
2009-03-11 12:36:54Z
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2009-04-09 15:27:12Z
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 76 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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] 

additional source Animal Diversity Web. <em>University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.</em> , available online at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html [details] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Synonymy Most workers now use P. macrocephalus for the sperm whale [details]

Taxonomy Some workers prefer use of this name for the sperm whale, rather than P. macrocephalus, also described by Linnaeus (1758), based on their interpretation of Linnaeus' diagnoses of the two nominal species and belief that P. macrocephalus refers to the pilot whale Globicephala melas. However, most workers now consider both names to refer to the sperm whale, with P. macrocephalus having line priority on the page in Linnaeus' work. [details]

Unreviewed
Habitat offshore  [details]

Predators None [details]
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Albanian kashaloti  [details]
Dutch potvis  [details]
French grand cachalot  [details]
German Pottwal  [details]
Hebrew ראשתן  [details]
Italian capodoglio  [details]
Lithuanian kašalotas  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Φυσητήρας  [details]
Norwegian spermhval  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål spermhvalspermasetthvalkaskelotthvalkaskelott  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk spermkvalspermasettkvalkaskelottkvalkaskelott  [details]
Polish kaszalot (zwyczajny)  [details]
Russian кашало́т  [details]
Slovenian kit glavač  [details]
Spanish cachalote común  [details]
Swedish kaskelot  [details]
Turkish kaşalotispermeçet balinasıispermecet balinası  [details]
Ukrainian Кашалот  [details]
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