Orcinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Delphinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Cladus: Pan-Euungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Cladus: Paraxonia Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Cladus: Cetaceamorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Pelagiceti Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Odontoceti Cladus: Delphinida Superfamilia: Delphinoidea

Familia: Delphinidae
Subfamilia: Orcininae
Genus: Orcinus
Species: O. orca - †O. citoniensis - †O. meyeri - †O. paleorca

Name

Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860

Synonyms

Gladiator J. E. Gray, 1870
Grampus Iredale & Troughton, 1933
Ophesia J. E. Gray, 1868
Ophysia J. E. Gray, 1868
Orca J. E. Gray, 1846
Phocaena J. E. Gray, 1846

References

LeDuc, R.G.; Robertson, K.M.; Pitman, R.L. 2008: Mitochondrial sequence divergence among Antarctic killer whale ecotypes is consistent with multiple species. Biology letters, 4: 426–429. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0168
Orcinus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
The Paleobioly Database 2005: Orcinus citoniensis
Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

dansk: Spækhugger
Deutsch: Großer Schwertwal
English: Orca
suomi: Miekkavalaat
français: Orque
magyar: Kardszárnyú delfinek
日本語: シャチ属
한국어: 범고래속
norsk nynorsk: Spekkhoggar
svenska: Späckhuggare
ไทย: วาฬเพชฌฆาต, วาฬออร์กา
Türkçe: Katil balina