Order Cetacea Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 290 304 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352983 0-89327-235-3 7352983 Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) . Gemein. Naturgesch. Thier., 2(1):21 . TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A. , coast of New England . DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide, tropical to arctic waters. COMMENT: Includes nodosa; see Kellogg, 1932, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 45: 148. PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered. ISIS NUMBER: 5301411007002001001.