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<paragraph blockId="23.[361,948,658,886]" box="[575,688,831,851]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Rice's whale</paragraph>
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<figureCitation box="[455,542,866,886]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="10.[108,199,1325,1344]" captionTargetBox="[201,1094,554,1284]" captionTargetId="figure-297@10.[198,1094,554,1284]" captionText="FIGURE 3 Images from the whale that stranded January 2019 in the Gulf of Mexico (holotype specimen USNM 594665, FMMSN1908). (a) ventral view of body; (b, c) right rack of baleen and close-up of anterior portion of the rack; (d) right flipper; (e) ventral and (f) dorsal view of the fluke. Scale bar is 10 cm. Photos in 3b and 3c were inverted so the dorsal side is up. Photo credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540643" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540643/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Figures 3</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation box="[550,564,866,886]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="24.[108,199,1398,1417]" captionTargetBox="[223,1070,136,1356]" captionTargetId="figure-82@24.[221,1072,134,1357]" captionText="FIGURE 7 Images of (a) dorsal, (b) ventral, (c) right lateral, and (d) caudal views of the skull of Rice's whale (holotype specimen USNM 594665)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540653" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540653/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">7</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation box="[572,586,866,886]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="25.[108,199,457,476]" captionTargetBox="[195,1097,135,416]" captionTargetId="figure-533@25.[195,1097,134,416]" captionText="FIGURE 8 Vertex of the skulls of (a) Eden's whale, B. e. edeni (RMNH4003), (b) Rice's whale, B. ricei (USNM 594665, holotype), (c) Bryde's whale, B. e. brydei (CKU HL19990729), and (d) Omura's whale, B. omurai (NSMT M32505). pmx = premaxilla, na = nasal, asp = ascending process of the maxilla, fr = frontal, oc = occipital." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540655" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540655/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">8</figureCitation>
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; Table 1;
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<figureCitation box="[675,797,866,886]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="25.[108,199,457,476]" captionTargetBox="[195,1097,135,416]" captionTargetId="figure-533@25.[195,1097,134,416]" captionText="FIGURE 8 Vertex of the skulls of (a) Eden's whale, B. e. edeni (RMNH4003), (b) Rice's whale, B. ricei (USNM 594665, holotype), (c) Bryde's whale, B. e. brydei (CKU HL19990729), and (d) Omura's whale, B. omurai (NSMT M32505). pmx = premaxilla, na = nasal, asp = ascending process of the maxilla, fr = frontal, oc = occipital." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540655" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540655/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
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Figures S8
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and Type Locality
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). The skull (
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and S10) and complete skeleton and baleen are deposited in the
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. The full mtDNA control region sequence for the
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has been placed in GenBank with accession number
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[108,167,1243,1268]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">4.5.2</emphasis>
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reported a
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. This specimen is housed in the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science (
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) and was originally identified as a fin whale. We sequenced the mitochondrial DNA control region of this specimen and identified it as a Rice's whale. Unfortunately, the skull is missing a number of important bones, including the premaxillae, nasals, lacrimals, jugals, and pterygoid hamuli. Photographs of the skull are in
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and S4.
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A complete skull and skeleton of a
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was deposited in the U.S. National Museum of Natural History under specimen number
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. The whale was genetically confirmed to be a Rice's whale (
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).
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published photographs of the skull of this specimen and assigned it as
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<emphasis box="[1037,1109,1594,1614]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">B. edeni</emphasis>
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. Photographs of the skull are also in
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<figureCitation box="[381,471,1629,1649]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="19.[108,199,1645,1664]" captionTargetBox="[222,1070,989,1604]" captionTargetId="figure-397@19.[222,1071,989,1604]" captionText="FIGURE 5 Localities of published Bryde's-like whale observations in the greater Atlantic Ocean. Brown circles represent observations that were also genetically identified as B. edeni brydei. Blue circles represent observations that did not include genetic information. Green polygon represents core habitat identified in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540649" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540649/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Figure S5</figureCitation>
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.
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<paragraph blockId="23.[108,1185,1316,1718]" lastBlockId="24.[108,1185,1559,1718]" lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3036697301" collectingDate="2009-10-04" collectingDateMax="2018-03" collectingDateMin="2009-10-04" collectionCode="UF" county="Pinellas County" lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="25" latitude="27.91" location="Fort De Soto Park" longLatPrecision="740" longitude="-82.43" municipality="Tampa Bay" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" specimenCode="UF33536" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Florida">
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On
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<date box="[184,345,1663,1683]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" value="2009-10-04">
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<collectingDate box="[184,345,1663,1683]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" value="2009-10-04">October 4, 2009</collectingDate>
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, a
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adult female whale stranded in
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<collectingMunicipality box="[766,874,1663,1683]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Tampa Bay</collectingMunicipality>
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,
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(
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,
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<geoCoordinate box="[1052,1138,1663,1683]" degrees="82.43" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" precision="555" value="-82.43">82.43 W</geoCoordinate>
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) and the carcass was buried in
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03FE552878713952DB6CFCA2FD957566:8E88B2E57871395ED803F91CFD8E77F3" box="[358,536,1698,1718]" county="Pinellas County" latitude="27.91" longLatPrecision="740" longitude="-82.43" municipality="Tampa Bay" name="Fort De Soto Park" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" stateProvince="Florida">Fort De Soto Park</location>
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,
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<collectingCounty box="[547,697,1698,1718]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Pinellas County</collectingCounty>
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,
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<collectingRegion box="[707,774,1698,1718]" country="United States of America" name="Florida" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Florida</collectingRegion>
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. The whale was genetically confirmed as a Rice's whale (
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<bibRefCitation author="Rosel, P. E. & Wilcox, L. A." box="[235,443,1559,1579]" journalOrPublisher="Endangered Species Research" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="19 - 34" part="25" refId="ref23983" refString="Rosel, P. E., & Wilcox, L. A. (2014). Genetic evidence reveals a unique lineage of Bryde's whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Endangered Species Research, 25, 19 - 34." title="Genetic evidence reveals a unique lineage of Bryde's whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico" type="journal article" year="2014">Rosel & Wilcox, 2014</bibRefCitation>
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). In
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<date box="[482,601,1559,1579]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" value="2018-03">March 2018</date>
|
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, the remains were excavated in the hopes of finding an intact skull to serve as a type specimen. Unfortunately, the skull had been crushed during burial and most of the specimen lay in water for the 9 years it was buried. The remains of the skull and a nearly complete vertebral column were retrieved and deposited in the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, Florida with accession number
|
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<specimenCode box="[145,237,1698,1718]" collectionCode="UF" country="USA" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34858" name="Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology and Paleobotany" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="Museum">UF33536</specimenCode>
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.
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</materialsCitation>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540653" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4540653" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540653/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" startId="24.[108,199,1398,1417]" targetBox="[223,1070,136,1356]" targetPageId="24">
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<paragraph blockId="24.[108,1111,1397,1447]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[108,220,1398,1417]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">FIGURE 7</emphasis>
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Images of (a) dorsal, (b) ventral, (c) right lateral, and (d) caudal views of the skull of Rice's whale (holotype specimen USNM 594665).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540655" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4540655" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540655/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" startId="25.[108,199,457,476]" targetBox="[195,1097,135,416]" targetPageId="25">
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<paragraph blockId="25.[108,1125,456,535]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[108,220,457,476]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">FIGURE 8</emphasis>
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Vertex of the skulls of (a) Eden's whale,
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<emphasis box="[609,622,456,476]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">B</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis box="[631,641,456,476]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">e</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Anderson" authorityYear="1879" box="[652,699,456,476]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="edeni">
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<emphasis box="[652,699,456,476]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">edeni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(RMNH4003), (b) Rice's whale,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosel & Wilcox & Yamada & Mullin" authorityYear="2021" box="[991,1050,456,476]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ricei">
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<emphasis box="[991,1004,456,476]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">B</emphasis>
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.
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||
<emphasis box="[1014,1050,456,476]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">ricei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(USNM 594665, holotype), (c) Bryde's whale,
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||
<emphasis box="[454,467,486,506]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
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||
<emphasis box="[477,487,486,506]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Olsen" authorityYear="1913" box="[498,552,486,506]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brydei">
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<emphasis box="[498,552,486,506]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">brydei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(CKU HL19990729), and (d) Omura's whale,
|
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<taxonomicName box="[968,1053,486,506]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="omurai">
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<emphasis box="[968,1053,486,506]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">B. omurai</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(NSMT M32505). pmx = premaxilla, na = nasal, asp = ascending process of the maxilla, fr = frontal, oc = occipital.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph blockId="25.[108,351,619,644]" box="[108,351,619,644]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<heading bold="true" box="[108,351,619,644]" fontSize="10" level="3" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" reason="0">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[108,167,619,644]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">4.5.3</emphasis>
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|
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[237,351,619,644]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="25.[108,1185,692,955]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosel & Wilcox & Yamada & Mullin" authorityYear="2021" box="[108,267,692,712]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ricei">
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<emphasis box="[108,267,692,712]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Balaenoptera ricei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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differs from
|
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<emphasis box="[388,401,692,712]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">B</emphasis>
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||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[411,421,692,712]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Anderson" authorityYear="1879" box="[431,478,692,712]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="edeni">
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||
<emphasis box="[431,478,692,712]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">edeni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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and
|
||
<emphasis box="[524,537,692,712]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[547,557,692,712]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Olsen" authorityYear="1913" box="[567,621,692,712]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brydei">
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||
<emphasis box="[567,621,692,712]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">brydei</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
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in the following morphological features: the nasals taper and curve laterally at the posterior end and have a smooth margin, meeting the medial-posterior margin of the ascending process of the maxilla; there is a broad gap between the nasal bones that does not narrow posteriorly created in part by the frontal bones which protrude anteriorly between the posterior end of the nasals (
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<figureCitation box="[936,1016,796,816]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="25.[108,199,457,476]" captionTargetBox="[195,1097,135,416]" captionTargetId="figure-533@25.[195,1097,134,416]" captionText="FIGURE 8 Vertex of the skulls of (a) Eden's whale, B. e. edeni (RMNH4003), (b) Rice's whale, B. ricei (USNM 594665, holotype), (c) Bryde's whale, B. e. brydei (CKU HL19990729), and (d) Omura's whale, B. omurai (NSMT M32505). pmx = premaxilla, na = nasal, asp = ascending process of the maxilla, fr = frontal, oc = occipital." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540655" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540655/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Figure 8</figureCitation>
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). Rice's whale can also be differentiated from all other species of rorqual baleen whales based on molecular genetic characters, as shown in the phylogenic analyses of the mtDNA control region (
|
||
<tableCitation box="[714,786,866,886]" captionStart="TABLE 3" captionStartId="10.[108,186,135,154]" captionTargetBox="[127,1166,270,478]" captionText="TABLE 3 Genetic divergence estimates for Bryde's-like, sei, and Omura's whales based on the 375 bp alignment of the mitochondrial DNA control region. Number of individuals (n), number of haplotypes (h). Net between group divergence (dA, Nei 1987) corrected using the T3P model is below diagonal, within group divergence is along diagonal, and number of fixed differences (number of indels) between taxa above the diagonal." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF28B4B6786C3943D909FF39FC4271B6" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" tableUuid="DF28B4B6786C3943D909FF39FC4271B6">Table 3</tableCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation box="[796,876,866,886]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="8.[108,199,1201,1220]" captionTargetBox="[211,1083,137,1157]" captionTargetId="figure-63@8.[208,1086,134,1160]" captionText="FIGURE 2 Bayesian reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships among members of the Bryde's whale complex based on 375 bp control region alignment. Posterior probabilities>0.90 are shown at nodes. Haplotypes with an asterisk indicate individuals morphologically identified to species by Sasaki et al. (2006) and used to identify the species clades. Length of scale bar is proportional to the number of nucleotide substitutions per site. GenBank accession numbers as well as geographic localities where the haplotype has been recorded are included in haplotype labels (Atlantic Ocean: WNA = western North Atlantic, ENA = eastern North Atlantic, ESA = eastern South Atlantic, GOMex = Gulf of Mexico, CAR = Caribbean Sea; Pacific Ocean: WNP = western North Pacific, ENP = eastern North Pacific, WSP = western South Pacific, ESP = eastern South Pacific, CSP = central South Pacific, ECS = East China Sea, SCS = South China Sea, SOJ = Sea of Japan; Indian Ocean: NIO = northern Indian Ocean, WIO = western Indian Ocean, EIO = eastern Indian Ocean; Southern Ocean: SO). See Table S1 for all sequences that were collapsed to each haplotype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540641" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540641/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Figure 2</figureCitation>
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). Within the 305 base pair alignment of the 5
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[237,241,898,911]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<superScript attach="left" box="[237,241,898,911]" fontSize="6" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">0</superScript>
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</emphasis>
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end of the mtDNA control region, ten diagnostic sites differentiate
|
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosel & Wilcox & Yamada & Mullin" authorityYear="2021" box="[878,938,900,920]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ricei">
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<emphasis box="[878,938,900,920]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">B. ricei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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from both
|
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<emphasis box="[1045,1144,900,920]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
|
||
B. e.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Olsen" authorityYear="1913" box="[1090,1144,900,920]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brydei">brydei</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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||
and
|
||
<emphasis box="[108,198,935,955]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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||
B. e.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Anderson" authorityYear="1879" box="[151,198,935,955]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="edeni">edeni</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
|
||
(
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<tableCitation box="[209,280,935,955]" captionStart="TABLE 2" captionStartId="9.[94,171,781,800]" captionTargetBox="[112,1689,884,1110]" captionTargetId="graphics-0@9.[94,1708,873,1118]" captionText="TABLE 2 Characteristic attributes (CAs) analysis of the control region (305 bp) for Bryde's-like whales and Omura's whale identifying 30 diagnostic sites. n: total number of individuals used in the analysis for each taxon. Grayed cells identify sites diagnostic for a species. Nucleotide positions 15536–15818 correspond to the B. e. brydei mtDNA genome of GenBank accession number AB201259." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF28B4B6786F3940D93BFCB3FDA1721E" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" tableUuid="DF28B4B6786F3940D93BFCB3FDA1721E">Table 2</tableCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="27" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="description">
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<paragraph blockId="25.[108,374,1035,1060]" box="[108,374,1035,1060]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<heading bold="true" box="[108,374,1035,1060]" fontSize="10" level="3" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" reason="0">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[108,166,1035,1060]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">4.5.4</emphasis>
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|
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[237,374,1035,1060]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Description</emphasis>
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="25.[108,1186,1108,1753]" lastBlockId="26.[108,1185,138,435]" lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="27" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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The Rice's whale is a medium-sized rorqual whale. They appear to be larger than Omura's whales and smaller than Bryde's whales,
|
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<emphasis box="[257,290,1143,1163]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">B. e</emphasis>
|
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.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Olsen" authorityYear="1913" box="[301,355,1143,1163]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brydei">
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<emphasis box="[301,355,1143,1163]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">brydei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, but, based on limited samples, about the same size as Eden's whales. To date, the largest verified Rice's whale was
|
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<quantity box="[351,437,1178,1198]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.265" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" unit="cm" value="1265.0">1,265 cm</quantity>
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in length (a lactating female) and the largest male was
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<quantity box="[962,1051,1178,1198]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.126" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" unit="cm" value="1126.0">1,126 cm</quantity>
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. Rice's whales have a falcate dorsal fin (
|
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<figureCitation box="[344,436,1212,1232]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="22.[108,199,137,156]" captionTargetBox="[538,1185,134,382]" captionTargetId="figure-574@22.[538,1185,134,382]" captionText="FIGURE 6 Deformation to tail stock, possibly resulting from a ship strike in a Bryde's-like whale from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Photo credit: NMFS SEFSC under MMPA permit." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540651" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540651/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Figure S6</figureCitation>
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). In the
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<typeStatus box="[513,595,1212,1232]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">holotype</typeStatus>
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specimen, the dorsal fin was located approximately 2/3 of the way back from the snout. The flippers are uniformly dark. Although sample sizes are small, the ventral grooves/pleats reach to or just past the umbilicus; in the
|
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<typeStatus box="[510,592,1282,1302]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">holotype</typeStatus>
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specimen 1 pleat extended
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<quantity box="[862,919,1282,1302]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.6" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" unit="cm" value="36.0">36 cm</quantity>
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past the umbilicus and two additional pleats extended past the umbilicus but were not measured (
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<tableCitation box="[769,854,1316,1336]" captionStart="TABLE 4" captionStartId="14.[94,171,396,415]" captionTargetBox="[112,1680,530,1441]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="TABLE 4 Compilation of unconfirmed Bryde's-like whale (identified in stranding record as a baleen whale or “Bryde's whale” but no description or photos to confirm presence of rostral ridges), Bryde's-like whale (identified in stranding record as a “Bryde's whale” and with written description or photos to confirm presence of rostral ridges), and verified Gulf of Mexico Bryde's-like whale (confirmed via genetic analysis) strandings in the northern Gulf of Mexico and U.S. eastern seaboard. Lengths are noted as being actual measured length (a) or estimated lengths (e) as noted in the stranding data records." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF28B4B678683947D93BFE32FC0370B2" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" tableUuid="DF28B4B678683947D93BFE32FC0370B2">Table S4</tableCitation>
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). The number of pleats counted on the
|
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<typeStatus box="[144,226,1351,1371]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">holotype</typeStatus>
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specimen at the flipper insertion was 27 to the central midline making a total of 54 pleats. These whales exhibit no external asymmetrical pigmentation on the lower jaws, thereby differentiating them from the asymmetrical jaw coloration seen in fin whales and Omura's whales. Body color is uniformly dark charcoal gray above, including both the upper and lower jaws, and light to pinkish countershading ventrally. Some whales exhibit diffuse white washes on the body around the base of the dorsal fin and/or along the sides but to date no consistency in the pattern across individuals has been seen (
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<figureCitation box="[460,551,1524,1544]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="24.[108,199,1398,1417]" captionTargetBox="[223,1070,136,1356]" captionTargetId="figure-82@24.[221,1072,134,1357]" captionText="FIGURE 7 Images of (a) dorsal, (b) ventral, (c) right lateral, and (d) caudal views of the skull of Rice's whale (holotype specimen USNM 594665)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540653" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540653/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Figure S7</figureCitation>
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). The fringe of the baleen plates is uniformly cream colored throughout the entire rack, the anterior baleen plates are cream colored on both sides, with a distinct posterior transition to black plates (
|
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<figureCitation box="[230,309,1594,1614]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="10.[108,199,1325,1344]" captionTargetBox="[201,1094,554,1284]" captionTargetId="figure-297@10.[198,1094,554,1284]" captionText="FIGURE 3 Images from the whale that stranded January 2019 in the Gulf of Mexico (holotype specimen USNM 594665, FMMSN1908). (a) ventral view of body; (b, c) right rack of baleen and close-up of anterior portion of the rack; (d) right flipper; (e) ventral and (f) dorsal view of the fluke. Scale bar is 10 cm. Photos in 3b and 3c were inverted so the dorsal side is up. Photo credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540643" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540643/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Figure 3</figureCitation>
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||
). Plate count for the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[510,592,1594,1614]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
specimen was 264 on the left side. A total of 224 plates were counted on the right side but approximately
|
||
<quantity box="[518,575,1629,1649]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" unit="cm" value="60.0">60 cm</quantity>
|
||
of the baleen rack of the right side was not accessible making this is an incomplete count.
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Mead, J. G." box="[327,445,1663,1683]" journalOrPublisher="International Whaling Commission" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="113 - 116" refId="ref22484" refString="Mead, J. G. (1977). Records of sei and Bryde's whales from the Atlantic coast of the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean. International Whaling Commission, Special Issue 1, 113 - 116." title="Records of sei and Bryde's whales from the Atlantic coast of the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean" type="book chapter" year="1977">Mead (1977)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Kato, H. & Perrin, W. F." box="[491,701,1663,1683]" editor="B. Wursig & J. G. M. Thewissen & K. M. Kovacs" journalOrPublisher="Academic Press / Elsevier" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="143 - 145" refId="ref21705" refString="Kato, H., & Perrin, W. F. (2018). Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni. In B. Wursig, J. G. M. Thewissen, & K. M. Kovacs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3 rd ed., pp. 143 - 145). Academic Press / Elsevier." title="Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni" type="book chapter" volumeTitle="Encyclopedia of marine mammals" year="2018">Kato and Perrin (2018)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
indicated that the baleen bristles of members of the Bryde's whale complex are coarser than those of sei whales, and we can confirm, based on a sample size of three, that the baleen bristles of Rice's whales from the GOMx are coarser than that of a sei whale that stranded in the GOMx in 1994. However, no comprehensive analysis of bristle diameter across all the Bryde's whale taxa has yet been performed.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="26.[108,1185,138,435]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
The vertebral formula of the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[417,499,207,227]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
is cervical (7) + thoracic (13) + lumbar (13) + caudal (20) = 53. There were 13 ribs on either side and the head of each first rib is bifurcated.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="26.[108,1185,138,435]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
Several other unique features were noted in the skeleton of the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[758,842,277,297]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Junge, G. C. A." box="[851,974,277,297]" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Verhandelingen" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="1 - 26" part="9" refId="ref21605" refString="Junge, G. C. A. (1950). On a specimen of the rare fin whale, Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, stranded on Pulu Sugi near Singapore. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 9, 1 - 26." title="On a specimen of the rare fin whale, Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, stranded on Pulu Sugi near Singapore" type="journal article" year="1950">Junge (1950)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Lonnberg, E." box="[984,1141,277,297]" journalOrPublisher="Arkiv for Zoologi, 23 A" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="1 - 33" part="1" refId="ref22271" refString="Lonnberg, E. (1931). The skeleton of Balaenoptera brydei O. Olsen. Arkiv for Zoologi, 23 A 1, 1 - 33." title="The skeleton of Balaenoptera brydei O. Olsen" type="journal article" year="1931">Lönnberg (1931)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, and
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Omura, H." box="[108,240,311,331]" journalOrPublisher="Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute, Tokyo" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="1 - 33" part="14" refId="ref22846" refString="Omura, H. (1959). Bryde's whales from the coast of Japan. Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute, Tokyo, 14, 1 - 33." title="Bryde's whales from the coast of Japan" type="journal article" year="1959">Omura (1959)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
describe the stylohyal bones of Bryde's whales as generally longer than they are wide with some degree of curvature. The stylohyal bones of the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[561,643,346,366]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosel & Wilcox & Yamada & Mullin" authorityYear="2021" box="[676,736,346,366]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ricei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[676,689,346,366]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[700,736,346,366]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">ricei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
had little curvature to them and are very broad (Figure S9). In addition, the pelvic bones of the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[550,632,381,401]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
specimen are nearly straight, with only a very small projection on one side (Figure S9).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="26.[108,363,515,540]" box="[108,363,515,540]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
<heading bold="true" box="[108,363,515,540]" fontSize="10" level="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" reason="0">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[108,166,515,540]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">4.5.5</emphasis>
|
||
|
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[237,363,515,540]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Etymology</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="26.[108,1185,588,920]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
The specific name,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosel & Wilcox & Yamada & Mullin" authorityYear="2021" box="[291,327,588,608]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ricei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[291,327,588,608]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">ricei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, is in honor of renowned American cetologist Dale W. Rice (1930
|
||
<emphasis box="[957,969,589,608]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">–</emphasis>
|
||
2017). We choose this species name to commemorate Dale W. Rice who had a distinguished 60-year career in marine mammal science and wrote the seminal volume “Marine Mammals of the World” (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Rice, D. W." box="[689,792,658,678]" journalOrPublisher="The Society for Marine Mammalogy, Special Publication Number 4" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" refId="ref23646" refString="Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. The Society for Marine Mammalogy, Special Publication Number 4." title="Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution" type="book" year="1998">Rice, 1998</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), which provided the first comprehensive worldwide review of the systematics and distribution of all marine mammal species. He was the first researcher to recognize that Bryde's whales are present in the GOMx (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Rice, D. W." box="[662,767,727,747]" journalOrPublisher="Norsk Hvalfangst-Tidende" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="114 - 115" part="54" refId="ref23619" refString="Rice, D. W. (1965). Bryde's whale in the Gulf of Mexico. Norsk Hvalfangst-Tidende, 54, 114 - 115." title="Bryde's whale in the Gulf of Mexico" type="journal article" year="1965">Rice, 1965</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). We propose Rice's whale as the common English name. Naming it after a person is consistent with the other members of the complex: Eden's whale (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1144,1157,762,782]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1170,1180,762,782]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Anderson" authorityYear="1879" box="[108,155,796,816]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="edeni">
|
||
<emphasis box="[108,155,796,816]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">edeni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) having been named after Ashley Eden, a British Commissioner (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Anderson, J." box="[765,916,796,816]" journalOrPublisher="Bernard Quaritch" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" refId="ref19512" refString="Anderson, J. (1878 [1879]). Anatomical and zoological researches: Comprising an account of the zoological results of the two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875 and a monograph of the two cetacean genera, Platanista and Orcella. Bernard Quaritch." title="[1879]). Anatomical and zoological researches: Comprising an account of the zoological results of the two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875 and a monograph of the two cetacean genera, Platanista and Orcella" type="book" year="1878">Anderson, 1878</bibRefCitation>
|
||
[1879]), Bryde's whale (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1145,1158,796,816]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1170,1180,796,816]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Olsen" authorityYear="1913" box="[108,162,831,851]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brydei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[108,162,831,851]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">brydei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) named after Johan Bryde, a Norwegian businessman and whaler (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Olsen, O." box="[777,892,831,851]" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="1073 - 1090" part="1913" refId="ref22800" refString="Olsen, O. (1913). On the external characters and biology of Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei), a new rorqual from the coast of South Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1913, 1073 - 1090." title="On the external characters and biology of Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei), a new rorqual from the coast of South Africa" type="journal article" year="1913">Olsen, 1913</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), and Omura's whale (
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1094,1179,831,851]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="omurai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1094,1179,831,851]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B. omurai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) was named after the Japanese cetologist Hideo Omura (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Wada, S. & Oishi, M. & Yamada, T. K." box="[625,792,866,886]" journalOrPublisher="Nature" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="278 - 281" part="426" refId="ref25663" refString="Wada, S., Oishi, M., & Yamada, T. K. (2003). A newly discovered species of living baleen whale. Nature, 426, 278 - 281." title="A newly discovered species of living baleen whale" type="journal article" year="2003">Wada et al., 2003</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). We note that the common name ‘Gulf of
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[108,176,900,920]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Mexico</collectingRegion>
|
||
whale’ has been used for this species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="28" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="26.[108,541,1000,1026]" box="[108,541,1000,1026]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
<heading bold="true" box="[108,541,1000,1026]" fontSize="10" level="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" reason="0">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[108,166,1000,1025]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">4.5.6</emphasis>
|
||
|
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[237,541,1000,1025]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Nomenclatural Statement</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="26.[108,1185,1074,1128]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
A Life Science Identifier (
|
||
<collectionCode box="[390,436,1074,1094]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">LSID</collectionCode>
|
||
) was obtained for this publication:
|
||
<uri pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:
|
||
<uuid pageId="26" pageNumber="27">ACA4D8E5-1373-4D26-931F-0A657EEDE4CC</uuid>
|
||
</uri>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="26.[108,379,1208,1234]" box="[108,379,1208,1234]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
<heading bold="true" box="[108,379,1208,1234]" fontSize="10" level="3" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" reason="0">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[108,166,1208,1233]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">4.5.7</emphasis>
|
||
|
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[237,379,1208,1233]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Comparison</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="26.[108,1185,1282,1753]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
Externally, Rice's whale is separated from all other balaenopterid whales except those in the Bryde's whale complex by the presence of three longitudinal ridges on the rostrum; one in the center and two lateral ridges (Figure 1). Omura's whale lacks these prominent lateral ridges, instead having faint ridges visible only in certain viewing conditions (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Cerchio, S. & Andrianantenaina, B. & Lindsay, A. & Rekdahl, M. & Andrianarivelo, N. & Rasoloarijao, T." box="[164,348,1386,1406]" journalOrPublisher="Royal Society Open Science" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="150301" part="2" refId="ref19997" refString="Cerchio, S., Andrianantenaina, B., Lindsay, A., Rekdahl, M., Andrianarivelo, N., & Rasoloarijao, T. (2015). Omura's whales (Balaenoptera omurai) off northwest Madagascar: Ecology, behaviour and conservation needs. Royal Society Open Science, 2, 150301." title="Omura's whales (Balaenoptera omurai) off northwest Madagascar: Ecology, behaviour and conservation needs" type="journal article" year="2015">Cerchio et al., 2015</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="26.[108,1185,1282,1753]" lastBlockId="27.[108,1185,138,505]" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="28" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
As described in
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Wada, S. & Oishi, M. & Yamada, T. K." box="[295,467,1420,1440]" journalOrPublisher="Nature" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="278 - 281" part="426" refId="ref25663" refString="Wada, S., Oishi, M., & Yamada, T. K. (2003). A newly discovered species of living baleen whale. Nature, 426, 278 - 281." title="A newly discovered species of living baleen whale" type="journal article" year="2003">Wada et al. (2003)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, the vertex of the skull, including the shapes and extent of the ascending process of the maxilla (
|
||
<collectionCode box="[293,342,1455,1475]" country="Canada" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15304" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15304" name="Algonquin Provincial Park" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="Herbarium">APM</collectionCode>
|
||
), the nasals, frontals, premaxillae serve as much of the defining morphological characteristics that separate members of the Bryde's whale complex (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[665,746,1490,1510]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="25.[108,199,457,476]" captionTargetBox="[195,1097,135,416]" captionTargetId="figure-533@25.[195,1097,134,416]" captionText="FIGURE 8 Vertex of the skulls of (a) Eden's whale, B. e. edeni (RMNH4003), (b) Rice's whale, B. ricei (USNM 594665, holotype), (c) Bryde's whale, B. e. brydei (CKU HL19990729), and (d) Omura's whale, B. omurai (NSMT M32505). pmx = premaxilla, na = nasal, asp = ascending process of the maxilla, fr = frontal, oc = occipital." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540655" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540655/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Figure 8</figureCitation>
|
||
). In this region,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosel & Wilcox & Yamada & Mullin" authorityYear="2021" box="[900,961,1490,1510]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ricei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[900,913,1490,1510]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[925,961,1490,1510]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">ricei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is clearly differentiated from
|
||
<emphasis box="[159,172,1524,1544]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[183,193,1524,1544]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Anderson" authorityYear="1879" box="[205,252,1524,1544]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="edeni">
|
||
<emphasis box="[205,252,1524,1544]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">edeni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the shape and extent of the ascending process of the maxilla which broaden only slightly at the posterior end, more similar in shape to
|
||
<emphasis box="[470,483,1559,1579]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[493,503,1559,1579]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Olsen" authorityYear="1913" box="[514,568,1559,1579]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brydei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[514,568,1559,1579]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">brydei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
than
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[621,707,1559,1579]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="omurai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[621,707,1559,1579]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B. omurai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
or
|
||
<emphasis box="[737,750,1559,1579]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[761,771,1559,1579]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Anderson" authorityYear="1879" box="[781,828,1559,1579]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="edeni">
|
||
<emphasis box="[781,828,1559,1579]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">edeni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, with
|
||
<emphasis box="[886,899,1559,1579]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[909,919,1559,1579]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Anderson" authorityYear="1879" box="[930,977,1559,1579]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="edeni">
|
||
<emphasis box="[930,977,1559,1579]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">edeni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
being distinctive in its slender ascending process of the maxilla with rounded posterior end (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[756,842,1594,1614]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="25.[108,199,457,476]" captionTargetBox="[195,1097,135,416]" captionTargetId="figure-533@25.[195,1097,134,416]" captionText="FIGURE 8 Vertex of the skulls of (a) Eden's whale, B. e. edeni (RMNH4003), (b) Rice's whale, B. ricei (USNM 594665, holotype), (c) Bryde's whale, B. e. brydei (CKU HL19990729), and (d) Omura's whale, B. omurai (NSMT M32505). pmx = premaxilla, na = nasal, asp = ascending process of the maxilla, fr = frontal, oc = occipital." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540655" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540655/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Figures 8</figureCitation>
|
||
and S10).
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosel & Wilcox & Yamada & Mullin" authorityYear="2021" box="[942,1001,1594,1614]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ricei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[942,955,1594,1614]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[965,1001,1594,1614]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">ricei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
also differs from
|
||
<emphasis box="[1167,1180,1594,1614]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
|
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.
|
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<emphasis box="[108,118,1629,1649]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Anderson" authorityYear="1879" box="[129,176,1629,1649]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="edeni">
|
||
<emphasis box="[129,176,1629,1649]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">edeni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the shape of the nasals (triangular versus rectangular), and the extent of the frontals, which are exposed as a thin strip or belt between the ascending processes of the maxilla, the posterior end of the nasals and the supraoccipital, rather than the broad exposure of the frontals seen in
|
||
<emphasis box="[757,770,1698,1718]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[781,791,1698,1718]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Anderson" authorityYear="1879" box="[802,849,1698,1718]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="edeni">
|
||
<emphasis box="[802,849,1698,1718]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">edeni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosel & Wilcox & Yamada & Mullin" authorityYear="2021" box="[861,920,1698,1718]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ricei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[861,874,1698,1718]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[884,920,1698,1718]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">ricei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is most easily differentiated from
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[161,250,1733,1753]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="omurai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[161,250,1733,1753]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B. omurai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the posterior end of the premaxillae which reach the frontals in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosel & Wilcox & Yamada & Mullin" authorityYear="2021" box="[918,980,1733,1753]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ricei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[918,931,1733,1753]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[944,980,1733,1753]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">ricei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but not in
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1096,1185,1733,1753]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="omurai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1096,1185,1733,1753]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">B. omurai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation box="[113,194,138,158]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="25.[108,199,457,476]" captionTargetBox="[195,1097,135,416]" captionTargetId="figure-533@25.[195,1097,134,416]" captionText="FIGURE 8 Vertex of the skulls of (a) Eden's whale, B. e. edeni (RMNH4003), (b) Rice's whale, B. ricei (USNM 594665, holotype), (c) Bryde's whale, B. e. brydei (CKU HL19990729), and (d) Omura's whale, B. omurai (NSMT M32505). pmx = premaxilla, na = nasal, asp = ascending process of the maxilla, fr = frontal, oc = occipital." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540655" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540655/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Figure 8</figureCitation>
|
||
). In addition, the alisphenoid is in contact with the squamosal (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[798,889,138,158]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="25.[108,199,457,476]" captionTargetBox="[195,1097,135,416]" captionTargetId="figure-533@25.[195,1097,134,416]" captionText="FIGURE 8 Vertex of the skulls of (a) Eden's whale, B. e. edeni (RMNH4003), (b) Rice's whale, B. ricei (USNM 594665, holotype), (c) Bryde's whale, B. e. brydei (CKU HL19990729), and (d) Omura's whale, B. omurai (NSMT M32505). pmx = premaxilla, na = nasal, asp = ascending process of the maxilla, fr = frontal, oc = occipital." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540655" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540655/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Figure S8</figureCitation>
|
||
) while it is separated from the squamosal bone in
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Wada et al., 2003)" baseAuthorityName="Wada" baseAuthorityYear="2003" box="[285,552,172,192]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="omurai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[285,370,172,192]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">B. omurai</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Wada, S. & Oishi, M. & Yamada, T. K." box="[380,546,172,192]" journalOrPublisher="Nature" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="278 - 281" part="426" refId="ref25663" refString="Wada, S., Oishi, M., & Yamada, T. K. (2003). A newly discovered species of living baleen whale. Nature, 426, 278 - 281." title="A newly discovered species of living baleen whale" type="journal article" year="2003">Wada et al., 2003</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Finally,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosel & Wilcox & Yamada & Mullin" authorityYear="2021" box="[630,689,172,192]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ricei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[630,643,172,192]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[653,689,172,192]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">ricei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be distinguished from
|
||
<emphasis box="[938,951,172,192]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[961,971,172,192]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Olsen" authorityYear="1913" box="[981,1035,172,192]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brydei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[981,1035,172,192]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">brydei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the shape of the posterior end of the nasals which curve laterally and have smooth margins, while in
|
||
<emphasis box="[920,933,207,227]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[943,953,207,227]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Olsen" authorityYear="1913" box="[964,1018,207,227]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brydei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[964,1018,207,227]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">brydei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the posterior end of the nasals remains relatively straight and the posterior margin is crenulated. In addition, the frontal bones wrap around and extend anteriorly into the space between the posterior end of the nasals, creating a significant space or gap between the nasal bones along their entire length.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="27.[108,1185,138,505]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
|
||
Finally,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosel & Wilcox & Yamada & Mullin" authorityYear="2021" box="[217,276,346,366]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ricei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[217,229,346,366]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[241,276,346,366]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">ricei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is unambiguously discriminated from all other balaenopterid whales by DNA sequence of the mitochondrial genome. Ten diagnostic sites in the 5
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[536,540,378,391]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
|
||
<superScript attach="left" box="[536,540,378,391]" fontSize="6" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">0</superScript>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
end of the mitochondrial control region (between nucleotide positions 15536
|
||
<emphasis box="[168,180,416,435]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">–</emphasis>
|
||
15818 of the
|
||
<emphasis box="[313,325,415,435]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[338,348,415,435]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Olsen" authorityYear="1913" box="[361,414,415,435]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brydei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[361,414,415,435]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">brydei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
mtDNA genome GenBank accession number
|
||
<accessionNumber box="[846,946,415,435]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/AB201259" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
|
||
<collectionCode box="[846,874,415,435]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">AB</collectionCode>
|
||
201259
|
||
</accessionNumber>
|
||
) separate
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosel & Wilcox & Yamada & Mullin" authorityYear="2021" box="[1044,1106,415,435]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ricei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1044,1056,415,435]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1070,1106,415,435]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">ricei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from all members of the Bryde's whale complex (
|
||
<tableCitation box="[471,540,450,470]" captionStart="TABLE 2" captionStartId="9.[94,171,781,800]" captionTargetBox="[112,1689,884,1110]" captionTargetId="graphics-0@9.[94,1708,873,1118]" captionText="TABLE 2 Characteristic attributes (CAs) analysis of the control region (305 bp) for Bryde's-like whales and Omura's whale identifying 30 diagnostic sites. n: total number of individuals used in the analysis for each taxon. Grayed cells identify sites diagnostic for a species. Nucleotide positions 15536–15818 correspond to the B. e. brydei mtDNA genome of GenBank accession number AB201259." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF28B4B6786F3940D93BFCB3FDA1721E" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" tableUuid="DF28B4B6786F3940D93BFCB3FDA1721E">Table 2</tableCitation>
|
||
). Similarly, mitochondrial cytochrome
|
||
<emphasis box="[880,891,450,470]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">b</emphasis>
|
||
and cytochrome oxidase I genes exhibit multiple fixed differences between
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosel & Wilcox & Yamada & Mullin" authorityYear="2021" box="[492,549,485,505]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ricei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[492,504,485,505]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[514,549,485,505]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">ricei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis box="[593,605,485,505]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[616,626,485,505]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Anderson" authorityYear="1879" box="[635,681,485,505]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="edeni">
|
||
<emphasis box="[635,681,485,505]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">edeni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis box="[691,703,485,505]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">B</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[713,723,485,505]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">e</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Olsen" authorityYear="1913" box="[733,786,485,505]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brydei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[733,786,485,505]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">brydei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Rosel & Wilcox, 2014)" baseAuthorityName="Rosel & Wilcox" baseAuthorityYear="2014" box="[834,1130,485,505]" class="Mammalia" family="Balaenopteridae" genus="Balaenoptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cetacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="omurai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[834,916,485,505]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">B. omurai</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Rosel, P. E. & Wilcox, L. A." box="[926,1125,485,505]" journalOrPublisher="Endangered Species Research" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="19 - 34" part="25" refId="ref23983" refString="Rosel, P. E., & Wilcox, L. A. (2014). Genetic evidence reveals a unique lineage of Bryde's whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Endangered Species Research, 25, 19 - 34." title="Genetic evidence reveals a unique lineage of Bryde's whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico" type="journal article" year="2014">Rosel & Wilcox, 2014</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="27.[108,378,584,610]" box="[108,378,584,610]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
|
||
<heading bold="true" box="[108,378,584,610]" fontSize="10" level="3" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" reason="0">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[108,166,584,609]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">4.5.8</emphasis>
|
||
|
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[237,378,584,609]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Distribution</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="27.[108,1186,658,1059]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
|
||
Based on vessel and aerial survey sightings, the primary core habitat of Rice's whale is currently in the northeastern GOMx, centered over the De Soto Canyon in waters between 150 and
|
||
<quantity box="[769,828,692,712]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.1" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="m" value="410.0">410 m</quantity>
|
||
depth (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[898,977,692,712]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[108,199,832,851]" captionTargetBox="[222,1071,134,791]" captionTargetId="figure-281@12.[222,1071,134,791]" captionText="FIGURE 4 Distribution of all sightings and strandings of Bryde's-like whales in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic U.S. EEZ. All visual survey sightings (blue circles) recorded as “Bryde's,” “Bryde's/sei,” and “Balaenoptera sp.”. whales during NMFS vessel and aerial surveys from 1992 to 2019, including all sightings listed as “Bryde's/sei whales” or “Balaenoptera sp.” in the western North Atlantic and sightings recorded by protected species observers (PSO) on seismic vessels (yellow circles) that could potentially have been a baleen whale. All strandings recorded as “Bryde's whales” (red triangle; presence of rostral ridges confirmed in stranding record or photos) or unconfirmed Bryde's-like whale (black circle; could not confirm presence of rostral ridges in stranding record), and genetically confirmed Gulf of Mexico Bryde's-like whale (green square) through May 2019, including the extralimital strandings in the western North Atlantic. Green polygon represents the core habitat for the whales in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. The 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, and 1,000 m isobaths and the U. S. EEZ are shown." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540647" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540647/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Figure 4</figureCitation>
|
||
). Recently there was a genetically confirmed sighting in the western GOMx off the central
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[763,817,727,747]" country="United States of America" name="Texas" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Texas</collectingRegion>
|
||
coast in
|
||
<quantity box="[908,968,727,747]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.25" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="m" value="225.0">225 m</quantity>
|
||
water depth (National Marine Fisheries Service, 2018), and preliminary analysis of acoustic recordings from the western GOMx along the shelf break south of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary suggest the presence of Bryde's-like whales (M. Soldevilla, personal communication,
|
||
<date box="[549,648,831,851]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="2019-04">April 2019</date>
|
||
) in the same area as two balaenopterid sightings made by
|
||
<collectionCode box="[108,168,866,886]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">NMFS</collectionCode>
|
||
in the early 1990s (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[350,429,866,886]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[108,199,832,851]" captionTargetBox="[222,1071,134,791]" captionTargetId="figure-281@12.[222,1071,134,791]" captionText="FIGURE 4 Distribution of all sightings and strandings of Bryde's-like whales in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic U.S. EEZ. All visual survey sightings (blue circles) recorded as “Bryde's,” “Bryde's/sei,” and “Balaenoptera sp.”. whales during NMFS vessel and aerial surveys from 1992 to 2019, including all sightings listed as “Bryde's/sei whales” or “Balaenoptera sp.” in the western North Atlantic and sightings recorded by protected species observers (PSO) on seismic vessels (yellow circles) that could potentially have been a baleen whale. All strandings recorded as “Bryde's whales” (red triangle; presence of rostral ridges confirmed in stranding record or photos) or unconfirmed Bryde's-like whale (black circle; could not confirm presence of rostral ridges in stranding record), and genetically confirmed Gulf of Mexico Bryde's-like whale (green square) through May 2019, including the extralimital strandings in the western North Atlantic. Green polygon represents the core habitat for the whales in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. The 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, and 1,000 m isobaths and the U. S. EEZ are shown." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540647" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4540647/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Figure 4</figureCitation>
|
||
). While contemporary sightings are primarily confined to the northeastern GOMx, it is possible the species historically had a broader distribution in the GOMx.
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Reeves, R. R. & Lund, J. N. & Smith, T. D. & Josephson, E. A." box="[830,1014,900,920]" journalOrPublisher="Gulf of Mexico Science" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="41 - 67" part="29" refId="ref23416" refString="Reeves, R. R., Lund, J. N., Smith, T. D., & Josephson, E. A. (2011). Insights from whaling logbooks on whales, dolphins, and whaling in the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science, 29, 41 - 67." title="Insights from whaling logbooks on whales, dolphins, and whaling in the Gulf of Mexico" type="journal article" year="2011">Reeves et al. (2011)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
reviewed whaling logbooks from the GOMx and identified records of “finback” whales from the north central Gulf south of the
|
||
<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="Mississippi" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Mississippi</collectingRegion>
|
||
River delta and in the southern Gulf on the
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[565,663,970,990]" country="Mexico" name="Campeche" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Campeche</collectingRegion>
|
||
Banks. As fin whales are not part of the GOMx ecosystem, these were likely Rice's whales misidentified as fin whales (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Reeves, R. R. & Lund, J. N. & Smith, T. D. & Josephson, E. A." box="[752,947,1004,1024]" journalOrPublisher="Gulf of Mexico Science" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="41 - 67" part="29" refId="ref23416" refString="Reeves, R. R., Lund, J. N., Smith, T. D., & Josephson, E. A. (2011). Insights from whaling logbooks on whales, dolphins, and whaling in the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science, 29, 41 - 67." title="Insights from whaling logbooks on whales, dolphins, and whaling in the Gulf of Mexico" type="journal article" year="2011">Reeves et al., 2011</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), suggesting the whale's distribution was broader than we see today.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |