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WoRMS taxon detailsBalaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758
 137086 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137086)
accepted
Species
Balaena mysticetus arctica Schlegel, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena mysticetus borealis Lesson, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena mysticetus groenlandica Kerr, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena mysticetus pitlekajensis Malm, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Balaena mysticetus roysii Dall, 1874 · unaccepted (synonym)
Baloena mysticetus Robineau, 1989 · unaccepted (Synonym)
marine,
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors  [request]
Distribution Subarctic area
Distribution Subarctic area [details] Distribution Davis Strait and Hudson Bay
Distribution Davis Strait and Hudson Bay [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137086 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors [request]basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details] Ecologyecology 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]  Otheradditional source
Animal Diversity Web. <em>University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.</em> , available online at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html [details]
additional source 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]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
IUCN Red List Category Least Concern (LC) [details]IUCN Red List Category subpopulation Bering-Beaufort-Chukchi Sea bowhead whale : Lower Risk/conservation dependent (LR/cd) [details] IUCN Red List Category subpopulation Svaalbard-Barents Sea bowhead whale : Critically Endangered (CR) [details] IUCN Red List Category subpopulation Okhotsk Sea bowhead whale : Endangered (EN) [details] Type specimen Type locality Greenland Seas. No type specimen; based on the Greenland right whale of whalers and authors. [details] Unreviewed
Distribution Subarctic area [details]Distribution Davis Strait and Hudson Bay [details] Habitat in pack ice regions [details]
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Balaena mysticetus roysii Dall, 1874) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Balaena mysticetus borealis Lesson, 1828) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Balaena mysticetus pitlekajensis Malm, 1883) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (406 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Baloena mysticetus Robineau, 1989) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Balaena mysticetus arctica Schlegel, 1841) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balaena mysticetus) To GenBank (829 nucleotides; 890 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP USNM 66301 Balaena mysticetus Cervical Vertebrae) To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP USNM 66301 Balaena mysticetus Jawbone) To PESI To ITIS From editor or global species database
   Unreviewed
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