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Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.

Description

Balaena mysticetus [spec. nov.]

B. naribus flexuosis in medio capite, dorso impenni. Art. gen. 76. syn. 106. Faun. suec. 264. Syst. nat. 39. n. 1.

Balaena Will. icht. 35.

Balaena vulgo s. Musculus. Rond. pisc. 475.

Balaena vulgo s. Mysticetus aristotelis. Gesn. pisc. 114.

Balaena vulgaris edentula, dorso non pinnato. Raj. pisc. 6.

Balaena spitsbergensis. Mar. spitsb. 98. t. Q. f. A. B. C.

Habitat in Oceano Groenlandico.

Maximus omnium animalium; saepe 100 pedum, victitat medusis. Caput grande; Dorsum impenne.

Fistula nulla, sed 2 foramina flexuosa.

Mammae abdominales ante vulvam; Maxillosi Dentes flexiles fissilesque usuales. Pinguedo copiosissima, ut ex unico saepe oneretur navis.

Notes

Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 75, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206

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Identifiers

Biodiversity

Family
Balaenidae
Genus
Balaena
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Cetacea
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
mysticetus
Taxonomic status
spec. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758