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Megaptera Gray 1846

Description

Genus Megaptera Gray, 1846

Megaptera is a monospecific genus that has a global distribution, from cold regions through temperate oceans and tropical waters.

Notes

Published as part of Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 4522 (1) on page 120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2610198

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gray
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cetacea
Family
Balaenopteridae
Genus
Megaptera
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Megaptera Gray, 1846 sec. Jo, Baccus & Koprowski, 2018

References

  • Gray, J. E. (1846) The Zoology of the Foyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Fol. I. Mammalia, Birds. Reeve Brothers, London, 328 pp.