Eschrichtius Gray 1864

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Cetacea; Eschrichtiidae; Eschrichtius; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11329603; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/00699E4342246AB15948A0FE7CB745A8

Eschrichtius Gray 1864 Eschrichtius Gray 1864, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 14: 350. Type Species: Balaenoptera robusta Lilljeborg 1861 Synonyms: Cyphonotus Rafinesque 1815; Cyphonotus Gray 1850; Rhachianectes Cope 1869. Species and subspecies: 1 species: Species Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg 1860) Discussion: The type species of Agaphelus Cope, 1868 is Balaena gibbosa Erxleben, 1777, which is a composite species consisting mainly of junior synonyms of Megaptera novaeangliae . Agaphelus has been linked to Eschrichtius by the supposed inclusion of the "scrag whale of Dudley " in its synonymy. The "scrag whale of Dudley "is actually listed as " Species obscurae " just following the section on Agaphelus in Erxleben (p. 611). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, pp. 723-743 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 725, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519