Peponocephala electra ( Gray, 1846 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571429 |
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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).
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Peponocephala electra ( Gray, 1846 )
Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L. 2018 |
Peponocephala electra:
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Lagenorhynchus electra
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