MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

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Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 04 & 05)

AphiaID

137086 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137086)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Balaena Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

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)

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Subspecies Balaena mysticetus antarcticus Schlegel, 1841 accepted as Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) (synonym)
Subspecies Balaena mysticetus arctica Schlegel, 1841 accepted as Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Subspecies Balaena mysticetus borealis Lesson, 1828 accepted as Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Subspecies Balaena mysticetus groenlandica Kerr, 1792 accepted as Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Subspecies Balaena mysticetus islandica Kerr, 1792 accepted as Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) (synonym)
Subspecies Balaena mysticetus major Kerr, 1792 accepted as Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Subspecies Balaena mysticetus pitlekajensis Malm, 1883 accepted as Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Subspecies Balaena mysticetus roysii Dall, 1874 accepted as Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Descriptive notes

Distribution Subarctic area

Distribution Subarctic area [details]

Distribution Davis Strait and Hudson Bay

Distribution Davis Strait and Hudson Bay [details]

Taxonomic citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137086 on 2024-09-15

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 Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors

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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 Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. , available online at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html [details]

additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. 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. 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. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication. 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. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (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]

ecology 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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [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]

From other sources

Distribution Subarctic area [details]

Distribution Davis Strait and Hudson Bay [details]

Habitat in pack ice regions [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Aleut	ugamachcachkuliamilakkulema	[details]
Bulgarian	Гренландски китGrenlаndski kit	[details]
Chukot	ittiv	[details]
Czech	velryba grónská	[details]
Danish	schlichtebacksandhvalrethvalgrönlandshvalbartfisch	[details]
Dutch	Groenlandse walvis	[details]
English	whale-fishwhalebone whaleGreenland whaleGreenland right whalegreat polar whalebunch-back whalebowhead whaleblack right whalebaleine a tete d'arcArctic right whale	[details]
Evenki	kallium	[details]
French	baleine franche boréalebaleine franchebaleine du Groenlandbaleine de grande baiebaleine	[details]
German	WalfischPolarwalNordwalGrönlandswalBogenkopf	[details]
Icelandic	vatushalarsletbacurnordvalurgröenlandshvalur	[details]
Italian	balena della Groenlandiabalena artica	[details]
Japanese	serbiohokkyoku kujira	[details]
Kalaallisut	sokalikarbekarbavirsoakakbek	[details]
Latvian	walzius	[details]
Lithuanian	Grenlandinis banginis	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Φάλαινα της Αρκτικής	[details]
Norwegian	sletbaksletbagsietbackhvalfiskgronlandskhvalgrønlandshvalgronlandshvalfinqval	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	grønlandshval	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	grønlandskval	[details]
Polish	wieloryb grenlandzki	[details]
Portuguese	baleia da Gronelândia	[details]
Russian	или полярный китгренландскийpoliarskyi kitgreenlandskiy kit	[details]
Slovenian	Grenlandski kit	[details]
Spanish	ballena de Groenlandiaballena de cabeza arqueadaballena boreal	[details]
Swedish	rättvalhvalfiskgrönlandsval	[details]
Turkish	Grönland balinasıGronland balinası	[details]
Ukrainian	полярний китКит гренландськийГренландський кит	[details]
Yakut	kakhlim	[details]
Yupik languages	kiralickakhgvopikagkhovik	[details]