WoRMS taxon details
Balaenoptera musculus musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 231436
AphiaID: 231436
| 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) > Balaenoptera musculus (Species) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Subspecies | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Shirihai, H. 2002 A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean Alula Press FI 510 pp [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
IUCN Red List Category: subpopulation North Atlantic blue whale : Vulnerable (VU) [details] IUCN Red List Category: subpopulation North Pacific blue whale : Lower Risk/conservation dependent (LR/cd) [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231436 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Balaenoptera musculus musculus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=231436 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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