MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Monodon Linnaeus, 1758

WoRMS taxon details

Monodon Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

137030 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137030)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Monodontidae Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Ceratodon Brünnich, 1772 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ceratodontis Brisson, 1762 · unaccepted (synonym)

Diodon Storr, 1780 · unaccepted (synonym)

Monodontinae Kellogg, 1928 · unaccepted

Narhvalus Fischer, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)

Narwalus Lacépède, 1804 · unaccepted (synonym)

Narwhalus Duméril, 1806 · unaccepted (synonym)

Tachynices Brookes, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758
Species Monodon microcephalus Fleming, 1811 accepted as Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Species Monodon narhval Borowski, 1781 accepted as Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Species Monodon narhwal Blumenbach, 1799 accepted as Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Species Monodon spurius Fabricius, 1780 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Monodon Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137030 on 2024-11-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2007-12-22 19:25:59Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-08-20 11:25:36Z

checked

Perrin, William

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	ハリセンボン [from synonym]	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	vegmoseslekta [from synonym]	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	vegmoseslekta [from synonym]	[details]
Swedish	brännmossor [from synonym]	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Diodon Storr, 1780)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ceratodon) (from synonym Ceratodon Brünnich, 1772)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diodon) (from synonym Diodon Storr, 1780)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monodon)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monodontinae) (from synonym Monodontinae Kellogg, 1928)
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