Taxon data and maps: Balaenoptera borealis
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 34
- Common Name
- Sei Whale
- Authority
- Lesson,1828
- Naming Status
- Currently accepted name
- Status
- Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
See map of extents - Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.
Hierarchy
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- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Balaenopteridae
- Genus
- Balaenoptera
Data and maps
Observation / specimen counts
There are 316 observations / specimens of this taxa in the database from 1929 to 2006.
316 species distribution records for this taxa are published to GBIF, OBIS
201 species distribution records are south of 60 deg south.
Habitat domain - Marine
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| Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean Cetacean Program - BROKE-West Details | 1 data pts | |
| Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean Details | 42 data pts | |
| Whale catches in the Southern Ocean Details | 239 data pts | |
| Whale log - observations from ANARE voyages Details | 32 data pts | |
| Whale Observations from the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) voyages 1929-30 and 1930-31 Details | 2 data pts | |
Distribution map
Polar projection map of the occurrence records of this taxa.
Warning - Validation efforts are incomplete. There may be a few spurious positions that require editing.