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| Original name | |
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| Current accepted name |
Yes
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| Status |
Accepted name
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| Status details |
senior synonym, original combination
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| Comment |
Needs another reference.
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| Etymology of generic noun |
Latin, bassus = thick, fat + Greek, ketos = marine mosnter, whale (Ref. 45335).
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| Etymology of specific epithet |
Named for the Danish research vessel GALATHEA which caught the first specimens during its global circumnavigation in 1950-52.
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| Link to references |
References using the name as accepted
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