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Megaptera longimana Gray, 1846 
AphiaID: 380508

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Mysticeti (Superfamily) > Balaenopteridae (Family) > Megaptera (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
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Accepted name  Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Rank Species
Parent Megaptera Gray, 1846
Source Not documented
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Subspecies Megaptera longimana morei Gray, 1866 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Environment marine
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (224 publications)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380508
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2009-01-16 06:39:12Z  created  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Megaptera longimana Gray, 1846. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380508 on 2013-05-23
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