MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ziphius Cuvier, 1823

Cetacea taxon details

Ziphius Cuvier, 1823

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 21)

AphiaID

137035 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137035)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ziphiidae Gray, 1850

Synonymised names

Aliama Gray, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)

Epiodon Burmeister, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)

Hyperodon Cope, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)

Hyperondon Hall & Kelson, 1959 · unaccepted (misspelling)

Petrorhynchus Gray, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)

Xiphius Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ziphiorrhynchus Burmeister, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)

Zyphius Moreno, 1895 · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823
Species Ziphius aresques Gray, 1871 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (synonym)
Species Ziphius australis Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (synonym)
Species Ziphius chatamensis Lahille, 1899 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (synonym)
Species Ziphius chathamensis Flower, 1885 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (synonym)
Species Ziphius chathamiensis Iredale & Troughton, 1934 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (synonym)
Species Ziphius cryptodon Fischer, 1857 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (synonym)
Species Ziphius decavirostris Gray, 1871 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (synonym)
Species Ziphius grebnitzkii Stejneger, 1883 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (synonym)
Species Ziphius indicus Van Beneden, 1863 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (synonym)
Species Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) (basionym)
Species Ziphius novaezealandiae Haast, 1876 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (synonym)
Species Ziphius savii Richiardi, 1873 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (synonym)
Species Ziphius sechellensis Gray, 1846 accepted as Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817) (synonym)
Species Ziphius sowerbiensis Gray, 1846 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Cuvier, G. (1823). Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles. 5(1): 400pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52148938 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Ziphius Cuvier, 1823. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137035 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-08-20 11:25:36Z

checked

Perrin, William

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original description Cuvier, G. (1823). Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles. 5(1): 400pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52148938 [details]

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]

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Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 21)

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 21 bis)

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 59)