Mysticeti 
AphiaID: 148724

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Superfamily
Parent		Cetacea
Source		basis of record: Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch baardwalvissen  [details] English baleen whales  [details] Norwegian Bokmål bardehvaler  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk bardekvalar  [details] Swedish bardvalar  [details]
Direct child taxa		Family Balaenidae Family Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864 Family Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 Family Mysticeti incertae sedis Family Neobalaenidae Gray, 1873 Family Agaphelidae Gray, 1870 (unaccepted, divided into Eschrichtiidae and Balaenopteridae (part)) Family Balanadae Gray, 1821 accepted as Balaenidae Genus Baloenoptera Cadenat, 1957 accepted as Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804 Family Eschrichtidae Miller & Kellogg, 1955 accepted as Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 Family Physalinidae Gray, 1868 accepted as Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864 Family Rachianectidae Weber, 1904 accepted as Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951
Environment		marine
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Note		Classification: There is yet no agreement on the rank that this clade should have [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148724
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-03-29 08:12:19Z   created   Claus, Simon 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   checked   Perrin, William 2008-11-24 16:47:17Z   changed   Perrin, William 2009-03-09 09:18:36Z   changed   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Mysticeti. 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=148724 on 2013-05-21