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IRMNG name detailsAgaphelidae Gray, 1870
marine
recent only
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Divided into Eschrichtiidae and Balaenopteridae (part) (WoRMS). According to Wilson & Reeder, Gray's type genus Agaphelus...
Taxonomic remark Divided into Eschrichtiidae and Balaenopteridae (part) (WoRMS). According to Wilson & Reeder, Gray's type genus Agaphelus Cope is based on Balaena gibbosa, a "composite speices consisting mainly of junior synonyms of Megapera novaeangliae". [details]
IRMNG (2021). Agaphelidae Gray, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=121758 on 2024-04-20
Date action by
basis of record
WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]
source of synonymy Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details] extant flag source Barnes & McLeod, 1984 [details] habitat flag source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] From other sources
Classification Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetacea (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Mysticeti (Superfamily) > Agaphelidae (Family) [details]Taxonomic remark Divided into Eschrichtiidae and Balaenopteridae (part) (WoRMS). According to Wilson & Reeder, Gray's type genus Agaphelus Cope is based on Balaena gibbosa, a "composite speices consisting mainly of junior synonyms of Megapera novaeangliae". [details] |
