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Orca met during the ANDEEP III expedition
Orcinus orca - killer whale (mum and calf)
King George Isl./Fildes Peninsula; spinal column of a killer whale
Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Mediterranean Sea
Distribution for Grampus orca Iredale & Troughton, 1933 - Oostende
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gulf of St. Lawrence
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Madagascar
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Orca orca Lahille, 1914 - Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Somali Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Azores Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Orca orca Lahille, 1914 - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Subantarctic Waters
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - World Oceans
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Antarctica
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Western Indian Ocean
Distribution for Orca orca Lahille, 1914 - Western Indian Ocean
Distribution for Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - St. Lawrence Estuary
Taxon Description Body size for Taxon denoted by name 137102
Taxon Description Functional group for Taxon denoted by name 2688
Taxon Description Body size (qualitative) for Taxon denoted by name 2688
Taxon Description Species exhibits underwater soniferous behaviour for Taxon denoted by name 137102
Taxon Description Nomenclature code for Taxon denoted by name 2
Specification Context: Unit m
Specification Context: Type maximum
Specification Context: Dimension length
Specification Context: Life stage adult
Specification Context: Sex male
Specification Context: Sex female
Specification Context: Unit kg
Specification Context: Dimension weight
Specification Context: Corresponding length 7.65
Specification Context: Corresponding length 6.58
Specification Context: Life stage neonate
Specification Context: Type minimum