WoRMS taxon details
Rorqualus F. Cuvier, 1836
AphiaID: 148735
AphiaID: 148735
| 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) |
| Status |  unaccepted (Synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] source of synonymy: The Paleobiology database, available online at http://paleodb.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Rorqualus antarcticus F. Cuvier, 1836 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Species Rorqualus australis Hamilton, 1837 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Species Rorqualus boops F. Cuvier, 1836 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Rorqualus borealis Hamilton, 1837 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Rorqualus major Knox, 1870 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Rorqualus minor Hamilton, 1837 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 Species Rorqualus musculus F. Cuvier, 1836 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148735 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Rorqualus F. Cuvier, 1836. 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=148735 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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