RAMS name details

Balaena hectori Gray, 1874

380472 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380472)

  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)
  15. Balaena hectori (Species)
 unaccepted (synonym)
Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822)
Species
Balaena Linnaeus, 1758
marine, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1874). On the Bladebones of the Balaena Hectori and Megaptera novae-zelandiae. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> 13(4): 56-59., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342446 [details] 
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2026). World Cetacea Database. Balaena hectori Gray, 1874. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380472 on 2026-09-30
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Balaena hectori Gray, 1874. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380472 on 2026-09-30
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2009-01-16 06:39:12Z
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Perrin, William

original description Gray, J.E. (1874). On the Bladebones of the Balaena Hectori and Megaptera novae-zelandiae. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> 13(4): 56-59., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342446 [details] 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)