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Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
- blue whale
(mammal)
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Balaenoptera (Genus) - rorquals
..Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Species) - minke whale
..Balaenoptera borealis (Species) - Sei whale
..Balaenoptera edeni (Species) - Bryde's whale
..Balaenoptera physalus (Species) - fin whale
..†Balaenoptera ryani (Species)
..Balaenoptera musculus (Species) - blue whale
....Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda (Subspecies)
....Balaenoptera musculus musculus (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 76.
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:
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:
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:
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Balaenoptera musculus musculus
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Combinations
Basionym
:
Balaena musculus
Linnaeus, 1758
Different combination
:
Sibbaldus musculus
Ref:
1992
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Balaenoptera brevicauda
Zemsky & Boronin, 1964
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
blauwe vinvis
Ref:
1992
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
blue whale
Ref:
F.G. Marx et al., 2016
: 113.
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