Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)

NZOR Identifier: 4e986250-9ee5-42d4-b901-4172c47b536d

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id cdbf0f83-7349-4c82-96fd-0988301fc863)

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
subphylum
Craniata
superclass
Gnathostomata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
suborder
Mysticeti
family
Balaenopteridae
genus
Megaptera
species
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)

Providers

Biostatus

Geo Schema
ISO Country
Geo Region
New Zealand
Environmental Context
Wild
Occurrence
Present
Origin
Indigenous
In Use
True

Scientific Name

Authority
Borowski
Rank
species
Year
1781
Nomenclatural Comment
Marine
Governing Code
ICZN
Is Recombination
Yes

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
cdbf0f83-7349-4c82-96fd-0988301fc863
According to
NZIB (2012-) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Name Based Concepts
Has Parent
Megaptera (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
5b17b900-c439-4f9b-9c36-e7a72ceacc1a
According to
NZIB (2012-) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Name Based Concepts
Has Parent
Megaptera
Preferred Name
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
17c99444-c0f4-4baf-9548-d5716660138e
According to
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicol, 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, R.; Macadie, I., Compiled by King, C.M.; Baker, A.M.; Fordyce, R.E. 24: Phylum CHORDATA: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, Living and Holocene mammals and extinct non-marine mammals. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1.
Preferred Name
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) }

No subordinate taxa

Application - has vernacular

Full Name
Hump-back whale
Name Id
38b08a90-ed03-47f4-a738-3741c8cd16af
According To
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicol, 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, R.; Macadie, I., Compiled by King, C.M.; Baker, A.M.; Fordyce, R.E. 24: Phylum CHORDATA: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, Living and Holocene mammals and extinct non-marine mammals. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1.

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