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Species Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)

Dwarf Sperm Whale

 

Generic Combinations

  • Kogia sima (Owen, 1866).

 

Introduction

Known for Australia from single strandings, see Van Dyck & Strahan (2008: 813).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Vagrant; circumglobal in temperate and tropical waters, perhaps closer inshore than K. breviceps; Clayton et al. (2006) give the general distribution of this species.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, oceanic, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Diet includes cephalopods, fish and crustaceans.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
16-Dec-2010 18-Jan-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)