WoRMS taxon details
Mysticeti Flower, 1864
- Family Balaenidae
- Family Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864
- Family Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951
- Family Neobalaenidae Gray, 1873
- Family Agaphelidae Gray, 1870 (divided into Eschrichtiidae and Balaenopteridae (part))
- Family Balanadae Gray, 1821 accepted as Balaenidae (synonym)
- Family Eschrichtidae Miller & Kellogg, 1955 accepted as Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 (misspelling)
- Family Physalinidae Gray, 1868 accepted as Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864 (synonym)
- Family Rachianectidae Weber, 1904 accepted as Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 (synonym)
- Family Mysticeti incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Mysticeti Flower, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148724 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification There is yet no agreement on the rank that this clade should have [details]
