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Balaena Linnaeus, 1758

137012  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137012)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Tetrapoda (Megaclass)
  7. Mammalia (Class)
  8. Theria (Subclass)
  9. Cetartiodactyla (Order)
  10. Cetancodonta (Suborder)
  11. Cetacea (Infraorder)
  12. Mysticeti (Superfamily)
  13. Balaenidae (Family)
  14. Balaena (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Balena Scopoli, 1777 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leiobalaena Eschricht, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Species Balaena albicans Muller, 1776 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) (synonym)
  3. Species Balaena aleoutiensis Van Beneden, 1865 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818) (synonym)
  4. Species Balaena allamack Gray, 1846 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
  5. Species Balaena alutiensis Beddard, 1900 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818) (synonym)
  6. Species Balaena ampullata Forster, 1770 accepted as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770) (basionym)
  7. Species Balaena antarctica Lesson, 1828 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) (synonym)
  8. Species Balaena antarctica Temminck, 1840 or 1841 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818) (synonym)
  9. Species Balaena antipodarum Gray, 1864 accepted as Caperea marginata (Gray, 1846) (synonym)
  10. Species Balaena antipodarum Tomilin, 1957 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  11. Species Balaena antipodum Gray, 1843 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) (synonym)
  12. Species Balaena antiquorum Fischer, 1829 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  13. Species Balaena atlanticus Hurdis, 1897 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
  14. Species Balaena australis Desmoulins, 1822 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) (synonym)
  15. Species Balaena australis Flower, 1885 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818) (synonym)
  16. Species Balaena biscayensis Eschricht, 1860 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  17. Species Balaena boops Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  18. Species Balaena boops Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
  19. Species Balaena boops Kerr, 1792 accepted as Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861) (synonym)
  20. Species Balaena borealis Fischer, 1829 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  21. Species Balaena capensis Gray, 1868 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) (synonym)
  22. Species Balaena cisarctica Cope, 1865 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  23. Species Balaena culammak Gray, 1870 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818) (synonym)
  24. Species Balaena cullamach Cope, 1868 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818) (synonym)
  25. Species Balaena cullamacha Beddard, 1900 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818) (synonym)
  26. Species Balaena eubalaena Gray, 1871 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  27. Species Balaena euskariensis Real, 1890 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  28. Species Balaena gibbosa Erxleben, 1777 accepted as Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861) (synonym)
  29. Species Balaena gibbosa Gray, 1843 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
  30. Species Balaena gibbosa Cope, 1868 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
  31. Species Balaena glacialis Mueller, 1776 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) (synonym)
  32. Species Balaena glacialis Bonnaterre, 1789 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  33. Species Balaena glacialis Borowski, 1781 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  34. Species Balaena hectori Gray, 1874 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) (synonym)
  35. Species Balaena islandica Gmelin, 1788 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  36. Species Balaena japonica Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818) (basionym)
  37. Species Balaena kuliomoch Chamisso, 1825 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818) (synonym)
  38. Species Balaena lalandii Fischer, 1829 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
  39. Species Balaena longimana Rudolphi, 1832 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
  40. Species Balaena lunulata Lacépède, 1818 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818) (synonym)
  41. Species Balaena marginata Gray, 1846 accepted as Caperea marginata (Gray, 1846) (synonym)
  42. Species Balaena maximus accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  43. Species Balaena mediterranea Gray, 1870 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  44. Species Balaena microcephala Tomilin, 1957 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
  45. Species Balaena minima Rapp, 1837 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
  46. Species Balaena musculus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (basionym)
  47. Species Balaena nodosa Bonnaterre, 1789 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
  48. Species Balaena nordcaper Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  49. Species Balaena novaeangliae Borowski, 1781 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (basionym)
  50. Species Balaena physalis Kerr, 1792 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  51. Species Balaena physalus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (basionym)
  52. Species Balaena quoyi Fischer, 1829 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  53. Species Balaena rostrata Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
  54. Species Balaena rostrata Mueller, 1776 accepted as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770) (synonym)
  55. Species Balaena sieboldii Gray, 1864 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818) (synonym)
  56. Species Balaena sulcata Neill, 1811 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  57. Species Balaena tarentina Capellini, 1877 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  58. Species Balaena vanbenedeniana Fischer, 1881 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  59. Species Balaena vanbenediana Capellini, 1873 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  60. Species Balaena agamachschik Cope, 1868 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
  61. Species Balaena mangidach Chamisso, 1825 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
marine, terrestrial
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 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Balaena Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137012 on 2024-12-22
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z
checked
Perrin, William
2009-03-09 09:18:36Z
changed
Perrin, William
2011-12-19 17:07:03Z
changed
Perrin, William

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original 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 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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] 

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