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Taxon: Genus Globicephala Lesson, 1828 - pilot whales (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Lesson, 1828:441.
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Types

Type of: Globicephalinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1850 Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 140. [inferred]
Type, by synonymy: Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)

Variants

Different spelling: Globicephalus (Genus) van Beneden, 1880 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Globiceps (Genus) Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Globiocephalus (Genus) Gray, 1843 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Sphaerocephalus (Genus) Labbé, 1899, nom. inval. Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: grienden

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: pilot whales
: blackfish
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