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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 25)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 25)

137122  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137122)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Tetrapoda (Megaclass)
  7. Mammalia (Class)
  8. Theria (Subclass)
  9. Cetartiodactyla (Order)
  10. Cetancodonta (Suborder)
  11. Cetacea (Infraorder)
  12. Odontoceti (Superfamily)
  13. Ziphiidae (Family)
  14. Mesoplodon (Genus)
  15. Mesoplodon densirostris (Species)
accepted
Species
Nodus densirostris Galbreath, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ziphius sechellensis Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Delphinus densirostris de Blainville, 1817) Blainville, H. de. (1817). In: [Desmarest, A. G.]. <em>Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle.</em> 9.
page(s): 178 [details] 
Note Unknown.  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Unknown. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic  
Distribution Western Atlantic [details]

Distribution circum-global  
Distribution circum-global [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137122 on 2024-11-21
Date
action
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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 (of Delphinus densirostris de Blainville, 1817) Blainville, H. de. (1817). In: [Desmarest, A. G.]. <em>Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle.</em> 9.
page(s): 178 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details] 

additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details] 

additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details] 

additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details] 

additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details] 

additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Habitat warm-temperate and tropical, mostly offshore but also around oceanic islands. [details]

Holotype Distal 9 inches of rostrum, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, no. CAC A.3553, of unknown origin. [details]

IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]

Type locality Unknown. [details]

Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic [details]

Distribution circum-global [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Afrikaans Blainville-snoetwalvis  [details]
Dutch spitssnuitdolfijn van De Blainvillespitssnuitdolfijn  [details]
English tropical beaked whalepaus Blainvilleidense-beaked whalecow-fishBlainville's beaked whale  [details]
French mesoplodon de Blainvilledioplodon densirostrebaleine bécunebaleine à bec de Blainville  [details]
German Blainville-ZweizahnwalBlainville-Schnabelwal  [details]
Italian mesoplodonte di De Blainville  [details]
Japanese コブハクジラkobuha kujira  [details]
Korean hog-buri-gorae  [details]
Lithuanian Blenvilio dvidantis  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Πυκνόρυγχο μεσόπλοδον  [details]
Portuguese baleia bicuda de Blainville  [details]
Russian ремнезуб блэнвиляremneub Blainvillya  [details]
Slovenian Blainvillov dvozob  [details]
Spanish zifio de Blainvilleballenato de hoccico de Blainvilleballena picuda de Blainvilleballena picuda  [details]
Swedish Blainvilles näbbval  [details]
Ukrainian Ремнезуб Бленвіля  [details]
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Nodus densirostris Galbreath, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Ziphius sechellensis Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Delphinus densirostris de Blainville, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon densirostris) 
To GenBank (53131 nucleotides; 43408 proteins) (from synonym Delphinus densirostris de Blainville, 1817)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 25)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 25)
Mesoplodon densirostris
Mesoplodon densirostris
Mesoplodon densirostris
Mesoplodon densirostris
Unreviewed
Mesoplodon densirostris
Mesoplodon densirostris
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