WoRMS taxon details
Balaena physalis Kerr, 1792
AphiaID: 148734
AphiaID: 148734
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Mysticeti (Superfamily) > Balaenidae (Family) > Balaena (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Balaena Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Link | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148734 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Balaena physalis Kerr, 1792. 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=148734 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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