Arctic Register of Marine Species - Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804

ARMS taxon details

Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 10 & 11)

AphiaID

137013 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137013)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864

Direct children (3)

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Species Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Balaenoptera musculus Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. In Buffon, Histoire naturelle. vol. 37:317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/7339#/summary
page(s): 120 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804. Accessed through: Sirenko, B.I.; Clarke, C.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Huettmann, F.; Bluhm, B.A.; Gradinger, R. (eds) (2025) The Arctic Register of Marine Species (ARMS) compiled by the Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137013 on 2026-01-16

Regional species database citation

Sirenko, B.I.; Clarke, C.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Huettmann, F.; Bluhm, B.A.; Gradinger, R. (eds) (2026). The Arctic Register of Marine Species (ARMS) compiled by the Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD). Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137013 on 2026-01-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-08-20 11:25:36Z

checked

Perrin, William

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original description de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. In Buffon, Histoire naturelle. vol. 37:317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/7339#/summary
page(s): 120 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]