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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Mammalia (class)  »  Cetartiodactyla (order)  »  Delphinidae (family)

CAAB Code: 41 116022 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Tursiops australis   Charlton-Robb, Gershwin, Thompson, Austin, Owen & McKechnie, 2011

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 41 - Mammalia Mammals
Family: 41 116 Delphinidae (dolphins) - show full list
Common Name: burrunan dolphin
Organism Type: a dolphin
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes: 41 116915     Tursiops spp.
Taxon Notes:Formerly considered within T. maugeanus (latter currently a synonym of T. truncatus), but described as a distinct species by Charlton-Robb et al., 2011; known only from SE and S Australian coastal waters.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:b36b602e-37e3-4e81-a8e7-e8e9de00c826
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:584858
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-09-20
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against
:
Charlton-Robb, K., Gershwin, L.-A., Thompson, R., Austin, J., Owen, K., McKechnie, S., 2011. A new dolphin species, the burrunan dolphin Tursiops australis sp. nov., endemic to Southern Australian coastal waters, PLos One.
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