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Pterobalaena gigas Reinhardt, 1857 
AphiaID: 383721

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) > Pterobalaena (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Pterobalaena Eschricht, 1849 accepted as Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804
Source Not documented
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:383721
Taxonomic
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2009-03-05 14:31:36Z  created  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Pterobalaena gigas Reinhardt, 1857. 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=383721 on 2013-06-20
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