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WoRMS taxon details
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
AphiaID: 137088
AphiaID: 137088
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Mysticeti (Superfamily) > Balaenopteridae (Family) > Balaenoptera (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parent | Balaenoptera Lacépčde, 1804 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Balaenoptera alba Giglioli, 1870 (synonym) Balaenoptera arctica Temminck, 1841 (synonym) Balaenoptera iwasi Gray, 1846 (synonym) Balaenoptera laticeps Gray, 1846 (synonym) Balaenoptera schlegelii Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 (synonym) Balaenoptera schlegellii Dabbene, 1902 (synonym) Balena rostrata Rudolphi, 1822 (synonym) Belaenoptera schlegeli Lahille, 1899 (synonym) Pterobalaena alba Giglioli, 1874 (synonym) Pterobalaena schlegeli alba Tomilin, 1957 (synonym) Sibbaldius schlegelii Gray, 1864 (synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Lesson (1828). Compléments des oeuvres de Buffon ou Histoire naturelle des animaux rares, 1 (Cétacés):342 [not pl. 12, = B. acutorostrata] [details] 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: Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p. [details] additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] additional source: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details] additional source: Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. [details] additional source: Rice, D.W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4:1--231/ [details] additional source: Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details] additional source: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008., available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details] additional source: Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa | Subspecies Balaenoptera borealis borealis Tomilin, 1946 Subspecies Balaenoptera borealis schlegelii Tomilin, 1946 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Antarctica (Large Marine Ecosystem) [details] Comores [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] Noordkaap [details] North West Atlantic [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles (not certain) [details] Somalia [details] Subantarctic Waters [details] Tanzania [details] World Oceans [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | carnivore [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank Marine Life Information Network - UK To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: euphausiids, copepods, amphipods, small fish, squid [details] Dimensions: Length: male 42-60 1/2' (12.8-18.5 m), female 44-69' (13.4-21 m), at birth 15' (4.6 m) [details] Distribution: semi-cosmopolitan [details] Distribution: Antarctica/Southern Ocean; East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean [details] Habitat: offshore [details] Habitat: mostly in open ocean [details] Holotype: Skeleton in Berlin Museum, originally described and figured by Rudolphi in 1822 as Balaena rostrata, then as the "rorqual du nord" by Cuvier (1823). Stranded Feb. 21, 1819. [details] IUCN Red List Category: Endangered (EN) [details] Morphology: Distinguishing characteristics: Blow readily visible-6m (20'0 straight column, less dense than fin whale. Curved dorsal fin mid-back. Colour is slate grey, occasional round scars. [details] Predators: None [details] Reproduction: Calving: Winter in unknown localities; Weaning: 7 months [details] Type locality: Coast of Holstein near Gromitz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2009). Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828. In: Perrin, W.F. World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137088 on 2010-02-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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