Intro | Search taxa | Taxon tree | Search literature | Taxon match | Homonyms | Statistics | Webservice | Manual | FAQ | LifeWatch | Download | Log in

IRMNG taxon details

Balaena Linnaeus, 1758

1435598  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1435598)

accepted
Genus
Balena Scopoli, 1777 · unaccepted (synonym)
Baloena Lesson, 1827 · unaccepted
Leiobalaena Eschricht, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ordering

  • Alphabetically
  • By status

Children Display

  1. Species Balaena agamachschik Cope, 1868
  2. Species Balaena mangidach Chamisso, 1825
  3. Species Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758
  4. Species Balaena primigenius Van Beneden, 1872 †
  5. Species Balaena albicans Muller, 1776 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
  6. Species Balaena aleoutiensis Van Beneden, 1865 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818)
  7. Species Balaena allamack Gray, 1846 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
  8. Species Balaena alutiensis Beddard, 1900 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818)
  9. Species Balaena ampullata Forster, 1770 accepted as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
  10. Species Balaena antarctica Lesson, 1828 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822)
  11. Species Balaena antarctica Temminck, 1840 or 1841 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818)
  12. Species Balaena antipodarum Gray, 1864 accepted as Caperea marginata (Gray, 1846)
  13. Species Balaena antipodarum Tomilin, 1957 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  14. Species Balaena antipodum Gray, 1843 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822)
  15. Species Balaena antiquorum Fischer, 1829 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  16. Species Balaena atlanticus Hurdis, 1897 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
  17. Species Balaena australis Desmoulins, 1822 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822)
  18. Species Balaena australis Flower, 1885 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818)
  19. Species Balaena biscayensis Eschricht, 1860 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
  20. Species Balaena boops Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
  21. Species Balaena boops Kerr, 1792 accepted as Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)
  22. Species Balaena boops Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  23. Species Balaena borealis Fischer, 1829 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  24. Species Balaena capensis Gray, 1868 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822)
  25. Species Balaena cisarctica Cope, 1865 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
  26. Species Balaena culammak Gray, 1870 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818)
  27. Species Balaena cullamach Cope, 1868 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818)
  28. Species Balaena cullamacha Beddard, 1900 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818)
  29. Species Balaena eubalaena Gray, 1871 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
  30. Species Balaena euskariensis Real, 1890 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
  31. Species Balaena gibbosa Erxleben, 1777 accepted as Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)
  32. Species Balaena gibbosa Gray, 1843 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
  33. Species Balaena gibbosa Cope, 1868 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
  34. Species Balaena glacialis Müller, 1776 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
  35. Species Balaena glacialis Bonnaterre, 1789 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
  36. Species Balaena glacialis Borowski, 1781 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
  37. Species Balaena hectori Gray, 1874 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822)
  38. Species Balaena islandica Gmelin, 1788 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
  39. Species Balaena japonica Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818)
  40. Species Balaena kuliomoch Chamisso, 1825 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818)
  41. Species Balaena lalandii Fischer, 1829 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
  42. Species Balaena longimana Rudolphi, 1832 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
  43. Species Balaena lunulata Lacépède, 1818 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818)
  44. Species Balaena marginata J.E. Gray, 1846 accepted as Caperea marginata (Gray, 1846)
  45. Species Balaena maximus accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  46. Species Balaena mediterranea Gray, 1870 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
  47. Species Balaena microcephala Tomilin, 1957 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
  48. Species Balaena minima Rapp, 1837 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
  49. Species Balaena musculus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  50. Species Balaena nodosa Bonnaterre, 1789 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
  51. Species Balaena nordcaper Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
  52. Species Balaena novaeangliae Borowski, 1781 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
  53. Species Balaena physalis Kerr, 1792 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  54. Species Balaena physalus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  55. Species Balaena quoyi Fischer, 1829 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  56. Species Balaena rostrata Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
  57. Species Balaena rostrata Rudolphi, 1822 accepted as Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
  58. Species Balaena rostrata Mueller, 1776 accepted as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
  59. Species Balaena sieboldii Gray, 1864 accepted as Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818)
  60. Species Balaena sulcata Neill, 1811 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  61. Species Balaena tarentina Capellini, 1873 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
  62. Species Balaena vanbenedeniana Fischer, 1881 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
  63. Species Balaena vanbenediana Capellini, 1873 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776)
marine
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 75 [details]   
IRMNG (2021). Balaena Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1435598 on 2024-03-29
Date
action
by
2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
created
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 75 [details]   

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]   

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.  [details]   

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]   

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]   

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.  [details]   

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details]   

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]   

original description  (of Balena Scopoli, 1777) Intr. Hist. Nat.
page(s): 486 [details]   

original description  (of Leiobalaena Eschricht, 1849) K. Danske Vid. Selsk. Skr. Kjöbenhavn, [5] 1
page(s): 108 [details]   

original description  (of Baloena Lesson, 1827) Man. Mamm.
page(s): 425 [details]   
From other sources
Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006). Marine, extant (?) + fossil: Tertiary to Recent (Sepkoski 2002) [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Type species as cited Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758. [details]

This service is powered by LifeWatch Belgium
Learn more»