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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • AFD
Published in:ABRS 2001, "Census of Australian Vertebrates"
Synonym Source
Balaena musculus Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Linnaeus, C. 1758, Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata, vol. 1, 824, 10 Edn.ed., Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae
Common Name Source
Blue Whale Australia Australia
Blue Whale Australia Australia
  • AFD
Name Source
Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted
  • AFD
Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a2a8fc54-88b7-4b1c-8f1b-ad15998322cd Taxon current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a2a8fc54-88b7-4b1c-8f1b-ad15998322cd Taxon Concept current
  • AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a2a8fc54-88b7-4b1c-8f1b-ad15998322cd Taxon LSID unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/75d8d843-7972-4e71-852b-14e9009b3cde Scientific Name current
  • AFD
41112004 CAAB Code current
  • CAAB
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a2a8fc54-88b7-4b1c-8f1b-ad15998322cd Taxon unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d38b60a3-b004-48cd-80b1-862c61952963 Taxon unknown
  • Identifiers from 2023 Taxonomy

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
class
MAMMALIA
subclass
EUTHERIA
order
ARTIODACTYLA
suborder
WHIPPOMORPHA
infraorder
CETACEA
unranked
Mysticeti
family
BALAENOPTERIDAE
genus
Balaenoptera
species
Balaenoptera musculus
subspecies
Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda Ichihara, 1966 
subspecies
Balaenoptera musculus intermedia Burmeister, 1871 
subspecies
Balaenoptera musculus musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
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