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Taxon: Species Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 - sperm whale (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank:  Raj. pisc. 15: 11.
Original name, rank, combination & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 76.
Unavailable subsequent generic combination: 

Types

Type of: Physeter (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Accepted name (subjective): Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 2005: 737.
Junior synonym: Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Catodon australis Wall, 1851 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Catodon colneti J. E. Gray Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Catodon polycyphus (Q. & G.) R. P. Lesson Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Catodon svineval B. G. E. de Lacepède Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Catodon trumpo B. G. E. de Lacepède Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Meganeuron krefftii Gray, 1866 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Megistosaurus ensiformis Godman, 1827 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Physalus cylindricus B. G. E. de Lacepède Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Physeter australasianus Desmoulins, 1822 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Physeter australis Gray, 1846 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Physeter mular B. G. E. de Lacepède Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Physeter orthodon B. G. E. de Lacepéde Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Physeter tursio Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name (subjective): Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: J. van der Land (comp.), 2001: 376.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: potvis Ref: 1992

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: sperm whale Ref: 1994
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