Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Subspecies Balaenoptera musculus musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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CAVS: 1902

Subspecies Balaenoptera musculus musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Clayton et al. (2006) give the general distribution of this species.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, N coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, migratory, oceanic, oceanic province, pelagic, planktivore, predator.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
11-Jun-2024 11-Jun-2024 MOVED
11-Jun-2024 11-Jun-2024 MOVED
11-Jun-2024 BALAENOPTERIDAE 31-Mar-2023 MODIFIED
16-Dec-2010 16-Dec-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)