WoRMS taxon details
Balaenoptera omurai Wada, Oishi & Yamada, 2003
343896 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:343896)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Wada, S.; Oishi, M.; Yamada, T. K. (2003). A newly discovered species of living baleen whale. <em>Nature.</em> 426(6964): 278-281., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02103 [details] Available for editors 
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Note The Sea of Japan
From editor or global species database
Type locality The Sea of Japan [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Balaenoptera omurai Wada, Oishi & Yamada, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=343896 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Wada, S.; Oishi, M.; Yamada, T. K. (2003). A newly discovered species of living baleen whale. <em>Nature.</em> 426(6964): 278-281., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02103 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
[request]basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Sasaki, T., M. Nikaido, S. Wada, T. K. Yamada, Y. Cao, M. Hasegawa and N. Okada. (2006). Balaenoptera omurai is a newly discovered baleen whale that represents an ancient evolutionary lineage. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41:40-52. [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Sasaki, T., M. Nikaido, S. Wada, T. K. Yamada, Y. Cao, M. Hasegawa and N. Okada. (2006). Balaenoptera omurai is a newly discovered baleen whale that represents an ancient evolutionary lineage. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41:40-52. [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype Adult female, NSMT-M32505, National Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan [details]IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Paratype Five females and three males, NRIFSF 1-8, National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Fisheries Research Agency, Shimizu, Japan [details]
Type locality The Sea of Japan [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pygmy Bryde's whaleOmura's whaleBryde's-like whaleBryde's whale | [details] |
| Japanese | ツノシマクジラ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balaenoptera omurai)
To GenBank (294 nucleotides; 302 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR19171 Balaenoptera omurai - carcass - right anterolateral view)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balaenoptera omurai)
To GenBank (294 nucleotides; 302 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR19171 Balaenoptera omurai - carcass - right anterolateral view)
To ITIS
