Cetacea taxon details

Megaptera Gray, 1846 
AphiaID: 137014

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Mysticeti > Balaenopteridae
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864
Synonymised
taxa
  Cyphobalaena Marschall, 1873 (synonym)
Kyphobalaena Eschricht, 1849 (synonym)
Perqualus Gray, 1846 (synonym)
Poescopia Grau, 1864 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

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taxa

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 Species Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)

Species Megaptera americana Gray, 1846 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera antarctica Gray, 1846 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera australis Iredale & Troughton, 1934 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera bellicosa Cope, 1871 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera boops Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera brasiliensis True, 1904 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera braziliensis Cope, 1867 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera burmeisteri Burmeister, 1866 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera gigas Cope, 1865 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera indica Gervais, 1883 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera kusira Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera kuzira Gray, 1850 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera lalandii Gray, 1864 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera longimana Gray, 1846 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera longipinna Gray, 1846 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera nodosa Bonnaterre, 1789 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera nodosa Lahille, 1905 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera novaezelandiae Gray, 1864 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera osphya Mead & Brownell, 2005 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera osphyia Cope, 1865 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera poescop Gray, 1846 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Species Megaptera versabilis Cope, 1869 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
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Images 
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 09)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 09)
added on 2008-06-02 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
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qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-28 17:24:42

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 10 & 11)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 10 & 11)
added on 2008-06-02 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-08-28 17:24:50
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137014
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Megaptera Gray, 1846. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137014 on 2013-05-22