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Cetacea name details

Balaena maximus

AphiaID

384482 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384482)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Balaena Linnaeus, 1758

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Subspecies Balaena maximus borealis Knox, 1838 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database. Balaena maximus. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=384482 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-05 14:31:36Z

created

Perrin, William

2010-03-08 22:06:53Z

changed

Perrin, William

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Links (1)

Not documented

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)

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