Species Profile
Balaenoptera musculus
Blue whale
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Lives in oceans worldwide.
Feeds mainly on krill.
Endangered species.
Size & Structure
01
Massive body
02
Blue-grey colour
03
Baleen plates
04
Small dorsal fin
Balaenoptera musculus — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Highly developed cerebrum
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed, double, complete
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ureotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Controls krill population
Nutrient cycling
Marine ecosystem balance
Economic Importance
Conservation symbol
Marine biology research
Ecotourism