Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804

AphiaID: 137087

Common Minke Whale

Biota (Superdominio) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Infrafilo) > Tetrapoda (Megaclasse) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Mysticeti (Superfamily) > Balaenopteridae (Family) > Balaenoptera (Genero)

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Synonyms

Agaphelus gibbosus Cope, 1968
Balaena gibbosa Cope, 1868
Balaena microcephala Tomilin, 1957
Balaena minima Rapp, 1837
Balaena minima borealis Knox, 1838
Balaena rostrata Fabricius, 1780
Balaenoptera acutorostrata thalmaha Deraniyagala, 1963
Balaenoptera acuturostrata Lacépède, 1804
Balaenoptera davidsoni Scammon, 1872
Balaenoptera eschrichtius Rasch, 1845
Balaenoptera microcephala Gray, 1850
Balaenoptera rostrata Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880
Balaenoptera thalmaha
Balaenoptera thalmaha thalmaha Deranyagala, 1963
Pterobalaena minor Eschricht, 1849
Pterobalaena minor bergensis Eschricht, 1849
Pterobalaena minor groenlandica Eschricht, 1849
Pterobalaena nana Barkow, 1862
Pterobalaena nana pentadactyla Barkow, 1862
Pterobalaena nana tetradactyla Barkow, 1862
Pterobalaena pentadactyla Flower, 1865
Rorqualus minor Hamilton, 1837
Sibbaldius mondinii Capellini, 1877

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original description de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. In Buffon, Histoire naturelle, vol. 37:317. [details]

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additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]

additional source Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

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context source (HKRMS) Parsons, E. C. M., Felley, M. L. & Porter, L. J. (1996). An annotated checklist of cetaceans recorded from Hong Kong’s territorial waters. In Asian Marine Biology 12 (ed. Morton, B.), PP79-100. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]

additional source Maio, N., Giovannotti, M., Caputo Barucchi, V. et. al. (2016). Haplotype characterization of a young stranded Common Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804): is the Mediterranean Sea a potential calving or nursery ground for the species?. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy. 27(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-27.2-11661 [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]

original description de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. In Buffon, Histoire naturelle. vol. 37:317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/7339#/summary [details]

additional source Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

context source (HKRMS) Parsons, E. C. M., Felley, M. L. & Porter, L. J. (1996). An annotated checklist of cetaceans recorded from Hong Kong’s territorial waters. In Asian Marine Biology 12 (ed. Morton, B.), PP79-100. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [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 Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

context source (HKRMS) Parsons, E. C. M., Felley, M. L. & Porter, L. J. (1996). An annotated checklist of cetaceans recorded from Hong Kong’s territorial waters. In Asian Marine Biology 12 (ed. Morton, B.), PP79-100. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [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 Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

context source (HKRMS) Parsons, E. C. M., Felley, M. L. & Porter, L. J. (1996). An annotated checklist of cetaceans recorded from Hong Kong’s territorial waters. In Asian Marine Biology 12 (ed. Morton, B.), PP79-100. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [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 Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

context source (HKRMS) Parsons, E. C. M., Felley, M. L. & Porter, L. J. (1996). An annotated checklist of cetaceans recorded from Hong Kong’s territorial waters. In Asian Marine Biology 12 (ed. Morton, B.), PP79-100. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]

additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 64:1-306. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. [details]

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [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 Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

context source (HKRMS) Parsons, E. C. M., Felley, M. L. & Porter, L. J. (1996). An annotated checklist of cetaceans recorded from Hong Kong’s territorial waters. In Asian Marine Biology 12 (ed. Morton, B.), PP79-100. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]

context source (Bermuda) Mitchell, E. D., Jr. (1991). Winter records of the Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata Lacepede 1804) in the Southern North Atlantic. Rep. Int. Wahl. Commn. , 41: 455-457 [details]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H.L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéque, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C.W.; Mooney, T.A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L.K.; Rice, A.N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Sprie, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M.J.G. Underwater Soniferous Behavior Trait Provided in the World Register of Marine Species. (In preparation). [details]

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