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WoRMS taxon details
Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804 AphiaID: 137013
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Genus |
| Parent | | Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864 |
Synonymised
taxa | |
Agaphelus Cope, 1868 (synonym)
Balaenopteris Tomilin, 1957 (synonym)
Balenoptera Dumeril, 1806 (synonym)
Balenopterus Cuvier, 1829 (synonym)
Baloenoptera Cadenat, 1957 (misspelling)
Belaenoptera Lahille, 1899 (synonym)
Benedenia Gray, 1864 (synonym)
Boops Gray, 1821 (synonym)
Catoptera Rafinesque, 1815 (synonym)
Cetoptera Rafinesque, 1815 (synonym)
Cuvierus Gray, 1866 (synonym)
Dactylaena Gray, 1874 (synonym)
Dubertus Tomilin, 1957 (synonym)
Eubalaenoptera Aclogue, 1900 (synonym)
Fabricia Gray, 1866 (synonym)
Flowerius Lilljeborg, 1867 (synonym)
Mysticetus Wagler, 1830 (synonym)
Ogmobalaena Eschricht, 1849 (synonym)
Phylasus Dumeril, 1806 (synonym)
Physalis Fleming, 1822 (synonym)
Physalus Gray, 1821 (synonym)
Pterobalaena Eschricht, 1849 (synonym)
Ptychocetus Gloger, 1842 (synonym)
Rorqualus F. Cuvier, 1836 (Synonym)
Rudolphius Gray, 1866 (synonym)
Sibbaldius Flower, 1865 (synonym)
Sibbaldus Gray, 1864 (synonym)
Stenobalaena Gray, 1874 (synonym)
Swinhoia Gray, 1866 (synonym)
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basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: King, C. (2009). Terrestrial mammals (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]
additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
from synonym: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon]
from synonym: The Paleobiology database, available online at http://paleodb.org/ [details] [view taxon]
from synonym: Glasby, C.; Read, G. (2009). Polychaeta, Myzostomida. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] [view taxon]
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Vernacular
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English |
baleen whales |
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English |
finback whales |
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English |
Japanese lanterns (from synonym) |
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Norwegian Bokmål |
lyktslekta (from synonym) |
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Norwegian Nynorsk |
lyktslekta (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Swedish |
lyktörter (from synonym) |
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Direct child
taxa
[show all] | | Species Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
Species Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867
Species Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
Species Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878
Species Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera omurai Wada, Oishi & Yamada, 2003
Species Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera andrejewi Author?, 1888 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Balaenoptera caerulescens Lacépède, 1818 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Balaenoptera grimmi Author?, 1888 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Balaenoptera maculata Lacépède, 1818 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Balaenoptera nigra Lacépède, 1818 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Balaenoptera punctulata Lacépède, 1819 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Balaenoptera sulcata represented as Balaenoptera sulcata arctica Schlegel, 1841 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (alternate representation)
Species Balaenoptera acuturostrata Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
Species Balaenoptera alba Giglioli, 1870 accepted as Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
Species Balaenoptera antarctica Gray, 1846 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera antarctica Temminck, 1841 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818)
Species Balaenoptera antarctica Temminck, 1841 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Balaenoptera aragous Farines & Carcasonne, 1829 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera arctica Temminck, 1841 accepted as Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
Species Balaenoptera astrolabe Pucheran, 1843 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Balaenoptera australis Gray, 1846 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera australis Lesson, 1828 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Balaenoptera blythii Anderson, 1879 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera brasiliensis Gray, 1846 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera brydei Olsen, 1913 accepted as Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878
Species Balaenoptera capensis A. Smith, 1834 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Balaenoptera carolinae Malm, 1866 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera davidsoni Scammon, 1872 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
Species Balaenoptera eschrichtius Rasch, 1845 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
Species Balaenoptera gibbar Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera gigas Reinhardt, 1857 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera huttoni Gray, 1874 accepted as Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867
Species Balaenoptera indica Blyth, 1859 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera intermedia Burmeister, 1871 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus intermedia Burmeister, 1872
Species Balaenoptera iwasi Gray, 1846 accepted as Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
Species Balaenoptera jubartes Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera laticeps Gray, 1846 accepted as Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
Species Balaenoptera leucopteron Lesson, 1842 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Balaenoptera mediterraneensis Lesson, 1828 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera mediterranensis Cabrera, 1961 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera microcephala Gray, 1850 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
Species Balaenoptera miramaris Lahille, 1898 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera musculus Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera patachonica Lahille, 1905 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera patachonicus Burmeister, 1865 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera patagonica Dabbene, 1902 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera quoyii Lonnberg, 1906 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera racovitzai Lahille, 1905 accepted as Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867
Species Balaenoptera robusta Lilljeborg, 1861 accepted as Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)
Species Balaenoptera rorqual Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera rostrata Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
Species Balaenoptera schlegelii Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 accepted as Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
Species Balaenoptera schlegellii Dabbene, 1902 accepted as Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
Species Balaenoptera sibbaldi Van Beneden, 1887 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera sibbaldii Flower, 1885 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera swinhoii Gray, 1866 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera syncondylus A. Mueller, 1863 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Balaenoptera tenuirostris Sweeting, 1840 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera thalmaha accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
Species Balaenoptera velifera Cope, 1869 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 10 & 11)
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Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 12 & 13)
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Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 14 & 15)
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| | | Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137013 on 2013-05-21 |
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