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Balaena boops Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 380442

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 unaccepted (synonym)
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Accepted name  Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Balaena Linnaeus, 1758
Source  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

Environment marine
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380442
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2009-01-15 13:04:03Z  created  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Balaena boops 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=380442 on 2013-05-22
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