Peponocephala electra ( Gray, 1846 )

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 145-146

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571429

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scientific name

Peponocephala electra ( Gray, 1846 )
status

 

Peponocephala electra ( Gray, 1846) View in CoL View at ENA —Melon-headed Whale, electra dolphin

Lagenorhynchus electra Gray, 1846 p.35 View in CoL ; Type locality is unknown.

Peponocephala electra: Kim et al., 2000 p.89 View in CoL ; Kim, 2004 p.240.

Range: A stranded P. electra on the beach at Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk Province (East Coast) in 2009 represented the first and only record of P. electra in Korea ( Kim et al. 2010; Fig. 97 View FIGURE 97 ).

Remarks: Originally described as Lagenorhynchus electra , the melon-headed whale was recently placed in the monospecific Genus Peponocephala . This taxon has no current taxonomic confusion or recognized subspecies ( Jefferson & Barros 1997).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

SubOrder

Odontoceti

Family

Delphinidae

Genus

Peponocephala

Loc

Peponocephala electra ( Gray, 1846 )

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L. 2018
2018
Loc

Peponocephala electra:

Kim 2004:
Kim 2000:
2000
Loc

Lagenorhynchus electra

Gray 1846:
1846
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