Ron DeCloux, USA
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Worms:
"Diet: Bottom-dwelling amphipods, isopods, polychaete worms, mollusks, and other invertebrates and in some places at some times, various invertebrates at the surface or in the water column.The gammarid amphipod, Ampelisca macrocephala, is most likely the most commonly eaten prey in its main summer feeding grounds in the Bering Sea. [details]
Dimensions: Length: male 45' (15 m) [details]
Distribution: East Pacific, Indo-West Pacific [details]
Habitat: strongly coastal [details]
Habitat: often found within a kilometre of the coastal shore [details]
Holotype: Partial skeleton found buried about 840 feet from the beach; in University Museum of Upsala, Sweden. [details]
IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern (LC) [details]
IUCN Red List Category: subpopulation Northwest Pacific gray whale : Critically Endangered (CR) [details]
Predators: killer whale [details]
Reproduction: Mating related behaviors noted all year, but conceptions occur within a 3-week period during the southward migration (early December). Gestation period is around 13 months, nursing 7 months. Sexually mature at eight. [details]
Type locality: Gräsö, Roslagan, Upland, Sweden [details]"
Synonyms:
Agaphelus glaucus Cope, 1868
Balaena boops Kerr, 1792
Balaena gibbosa Erxleben, 1777
Balaenoptera robusta Lilljeborg, 1861
Eschrichtius gibbosus Van Deinse & Junge, 1937
Eschrichtius glaucus Maher, 1961
Rhachianectes glaucus Cope, 1869
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Mysticeti (Superfamily) > Eschrichtiidae (Family) > Eschrichtius (Genus) > Eschrichtius robustus (Species)
"Diet: Bottom-dwelling amphipods, isopods, polychaete worms, mollusks, and other invertebrates and in some places at some times, various invertebrates at the surface or in the water column.The gammarid amphipod, Ampelisca macrocephala, is most likely the most commonly eaten prey in its main summer feeding grounds in the Bering Sea. [details]
Dimensions: Length: male 45' (15 m) [details]
Distribution: East Pacific, Indo-West Pacific [details]
Habitat: strongly coastal [details]
Habitat: often found within a kilometre of the coastal shore [details]
Holotype: Partial skeleton found buried about 840 feet from the beach; in University Museum of Upsala, Sweden. [details]
IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern (LC) [details]
IUCN Red List Category: subpopulation Northwest Pacific gray whale : Critically Endangered (CR) [details]
Predators: killer whale [details]
Reproduction: Mating related behaviors noted all year, but conceptions occur within a 3-week period during the southward migration (early December). Gestation period is around 13 months, nursing 7 months. Sexually mature at eight. [details]
Type locality: Gräsö, Roslagan, Upland, Sweden [details]"
Synonyms:
Agaphelus glaucus Cope, 1868
Balaena boops Kerr, 1792
Balaena gibbosa Erxleben, 1777
Balaenoptera robusta Lilljeborg, 1861
Eschrichtius gibbosus Van Deinse & Junge, 1937
Eschrichtius glaucus Maher, 1961
Rhachianectes glaucus Cope, 1869
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Mysticeti (Superfamily) > Eschrichtiidae (Family) > Eschrichtius (Genus) > Eschrichtius robustus (Species)
