WoRMS name details
Megaptera novaeangliae australis (Lesson, 1828)
853378 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:853378)
unaccepted > nomen nudum (No holotype fixed)
Subspecies
Megaptera australis Lesson, 1828 · unaccepted (changed to subspecies by Jackson...)
changed to subspecies by Jackson et al. 2014
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2026). World Cetacea Database. Megaptera novaeangliae australis (Lesson, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853378 on 2026-04-04
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Lesson, R. P. (1828). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mammifères et des oiseaux décoverts depuis 1788 jusqu'a nos jours. 442pp., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=A5g-AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=pt-PT&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=snippet&q=Globicephala%5C&f=false [details] 
Other
additional source
Jackson, J. A.; Steel, D. J.; Beerli, P.; Congdon, B. C.; Olavarria, C.; Leslie, M. S.; Pomilla, C.; Rosenbaum, H.; Baker, C. S. (2014). Global diversity and oceanic divergence of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B.</em> 281, 20133222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3222 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Southern humpback whale | [details] |
