WoRMS taxon details
Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818)
254974 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254974)
accepted
Species
Balaena aleoutiensis Van Beneden, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena alutiensis Beddard, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena antarctica Temminck, 1840 or 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena australis Flower, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena culammak Gray, 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena cullamach Cope, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena cullamacha Beddard, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena japonica Lacépède, 1804 · unaccepted (basionym)
Balaena kuliomoch Chamisso, 1825 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena lunulata Lacépède, 1818 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena sieboldii Gray, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaenoptera antarctica Temminck, 1841 · unaccepted (lapsus for Balaena (not p. 21,...)
lapsus for Balaena (not p. 21, pl. 30 (= Megaptera novaeangliae)
Eubalaena glacialis japonica Imaizumi, 1958 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eubalaena glacialis sieboldii Tomilin, 1957 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eubalaena sieboldii Gray, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Balaena japonica Lacépède, 1804) Lacépède, B. G. E. (1818). Sur les cétacées de mers voisines du Japon. Mem. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Paris. 4.
page(s): 469, 473 [details]
page(s): 469, 473 [details]
Note Japan
From editor or global species database
Type locality Japan [details]
Distribution temperate and subpolar waters of North Pacific
Distribution temperate and subpolar waters of North Pacific [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254974 on 2024-08-14
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original description
(of Balaena japonica Lacépède, 1804) Lacépède, B. G. E. (1818). Sur les cétacées de mers voisines du Japon. Mem. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Paris. 4.
page(s): 469, 473 [details]
basis of record 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 Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [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 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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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]
page(s): 469, 473 [details]
basis of record 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 Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [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 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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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]
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Holotype Description based on a colored figure by a Japanese artist. [details]IUCN Red List Category Endangered (EN) [details]
IUCN Red List Category subpopulation Northeast Pacific right whale : Critically Endangered (CR) [details]
Type locality Japan [details]
From other sources
Distribution temperate and subpolar waters of North Pacific [details]
Language | Name | |
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Aleut | kuliomochcullamach | [details] |
Dutch | grote oceaannoordkaper | [details] |
English | Pacific right whalenorthwest whaleNorth Pacific right whaleblack right whale | [details] |
French | baleine japonaisebaleine du Japon | [details] |
Georgian | kuliomokhguliogadokh | [details] |
German | NordwestwalJapanwal | [details] |
Japanese | セミクジラsemi kujirasebi kujirako kujira | [details] |
Korean | bubgang-ginsuyeom-gorae | [details] |
Russian | yaponskii kitnastoiashchii kit | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Balaena culammak Gray, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Eubalaena glacialis sieboldii Tomilin, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Balaena aleoutiensis Van Beneden, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Eubalaena sieboldii Gray, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Balaena lunulata Lacépède, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Balaenoptera antarctica Temminck, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Balaena sieboldii Gray, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Balaena cullamacha Beddard, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Balaena alutiensis Beddard, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Eubalaena glacialis japonica Imaizumi, 1958)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (212 publications) (from synonym Balaena australis Flower, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Balaena antarctica Temminck, 1840 or 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Balaena cullamach Cope, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Balaena japonica Lacépède, 1804)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eubalaena japonica)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 393 proteins)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 393 proteins) (from synonym Balaena japonica Lacépède, 1804)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP MME 18735 Eubalaena japonica sighting dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 2141 Eubalaena japonica Carcass A)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Balaena culammak Gray, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Eubalaena glacialis sieboldii Tomilin, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Balaena aleoutiensis Van Beneden, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Eubalaena sieboldii Gray, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Balaena lunulata Lacépède, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Balaenoptera antarctica Temminck, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Balaena sieboldii Gray, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Balaena cullamacha Beddard, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Balaena alutiensis Beddard, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Eubalaena glacialis japonica Imaizumi, 1958)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (212 publications) (from synonym Balaena australis Flower, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Balaena antarctica Temminck, 1840 or 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Balaena cullamach Cope, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Balaena japonica Lacépède, 1804)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eubalaena japonica)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 393 proteins)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 393 proteins) (from synonym Balaena japonica Lacépède, 1804)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP MME 18735 Eubalaena japonica sighting dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 2141 Eubalaena japonica Carcass A)
To ITIS