RAMS taxon details
Balaena Linnaeus, 1758
Balena Scopoli, 1777 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Balaena antarctica Lesson, 1828 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) (synonym)
- Species Balaena antipodarum Gray, 1864 accepted as Caperea marginata (Gray, 1846) (synonym)
- Species Balaena antipodum Gray, 1843 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) (synonym)
- Species Balaena boops Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Balaena boops Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Balaena glacialis Mueller, 1776 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) (synonym)
- Species Balaena hectori Gray, 1874 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) (synonym)
- Species Balaena marginata Gray, 1846 accepted as Caperea marginata (Gray, 1846) (synonym)
- Species Balaena microcephala Tomilin, 1957 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
- Species Balaena minima Rapp, 1837 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
- Species Balaena musculus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (basionym)
- Species Balaena nodosa Bonnaterre, 1789 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Balaena quoyi Fischer, 1829 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Balaena rostrata Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database. Balaena Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137012 on 2025-04-07
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Balaena Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137012 on 2025-04-07
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
