WoRMS taxon details
Megaptera Gray, 1846
Cyphobalaena Marschall, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Kyphobalaena Eschricht, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Perqualus Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Poescopia Gray, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
- Species Megaptera americana Gray, 1846 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera antarctica Gray, 1846 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera australis Lesson, 1828 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae australis (Lesson, 1828) (changed to subspecies by Jackson et al. 2014)
- Species Megaptera bellicosa Cope, 1871 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera boops Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera brasiliensis True, 1904 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera braziliensis Cope, 1867 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera burmeisteri Burmeister, 1866 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera gigas Cope, 1865 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera indica Gervais, 1883 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera kusira Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (misspelling)
- Species Megaptera kuzira Gray, 1850 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae kuzira (Gray, 1850) (changed to subspecies by Jackson et al. (2014))
- Species Megaptera lalandii Gray, 1864 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera longimana Gray, 1846 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera longipinna Gray, 1846 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera nodosa Bonnaterre, 1789 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera nodosa Lahille, 1905 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera novaezelandiae Gray, 1864 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera osphya Mead & Brownell, 2005 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (misspelling)
- Species Megaptera osphyia Cope, 1865 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera poescop Gray, 1846 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
- Species Megaptera versabilis Cope, 1869 accepted as Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Volume 1: Mammalia and Birds. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957416
page(s): 16-17 [details]
page(s): 16-17 [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Megaptera Gray, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137014 on 2024-11-24
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Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Volume 1: Mammalia and Birds. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957416
page(s): 16-17 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
page(s): 16-17 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
