v2023-Aug-09

 COPEPEDIA
 Mysticeti
Flower, 1864
T5030406       Quick-Link [ https://copepedia.org/?id=T5030406 ]
Superfamily ( WoRMS-Aphia: 0148724 | ITIS: 0552298 )
WoRMS taxon status is:   "accepted"
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Cetacea
   
Animalia
Kingdom		 : Chordata
Phylum		 : Vertebrata
Subphylum		 : Gnathostomata
Superclass		 : Mammalia
Class		 : Theria
Subclass		 : Cetartiodactyla
Order		 : Cetancodonta
Suborder		 : Cetacea
Infraorder		 : Mysticeti
Superfamily


In the map above, the DARK BLUE DOTS indicate locations of quantitative data ( obs globally),
while light-blue dots indicate locations of "presence-only"/non-quantitative observations ( obs globally).
Yellow Stars show locations of any time series reporting this taxa or group ( sites globally).
 
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DATABASE Info


quantitative-obs
non-quantitative		 MOLECULAR Info


barcodes

This Superfamily currently has 4 taxonomic siblings (listed below) and an expanded tree of 27 members (self + siblings + sub-siblings).

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#Distribution MapTaxonomic SiblingsPHOTOs
1
  Balaenidae
right whales, bowhead whales
Family   [ "accepted" ]   T5030407
WoRMS-ID:   136978

# of direct Siblings:   2
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   0
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   32945
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   0
2
  Balaenopteridae
Gray, 1864
blue whale, fin whale
Family   [ "accepted" ]   T5030408
WoRMS-ID:   136979

# of direct Siblings:   2
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   0
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   408596
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   0
3
  Eschrichtiidae
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951
gray whale
Family   [ "accepted" ]   T5030410
WoRMS-ID:   136981

# of direct Siblings:   1
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   0
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   8739
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   0
4
  Neobalaenidae
Gray, 1873
pygmy right whale
Family   [ "accepted" ]   T5030415
WoRMS-ID:   231385

# of direct Siblings:   1
# (total) of all siblings-and-sub-siblings:   0
# of DB-records (self+all-sibs):   0
# of non-Quantitative records (self+all-sibs):   393
# of Time Series sites (self+all-sibs):   0
# of Barcodes (self+all-sibs):   0

Last Updated:   2023-Aug-09