Taxonomy Profile: Mesoplodon (Gervais 1850)

Mesoplodon: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Aodon
Lesson 1828
Dioplodon
Gervais 1850
Dolichodon
Gray 1866
Micropteron
Eschricht 1849
Micropterus
Wagner 1846
Mikropteron
Hershkovitz 1961
Oulodon
von Haast 1876
Nodus
Wagler 1830
Paikea
Oliver 1922
Common Name(s):
beaked whales []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Mesoplodon: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Cetacea
cetaceans |
whales |
dolphins |
marine mammals |
porpoises |
baleia |
cetáceo |
golfinho |
baleines |
cétacés |
dauphins |
mammfères marins |
marsouins |
Suborder : Odontoceti
toothed whales |
Family : Hyperoodontidae
beaked whales |
Genus : Mesoplodon
beaked whales |
Mesoplodon Direct Children(s):
Mesoplodon hectori
(Gray 1871)
Mesoplodon mirus
(True 1913)
Mesoplodon europaeus
(Gervais 1855)
Mesoplodon ginkgodens
(Nishiwaki and Kamiya 1958)
Mesoplodon grayi
(von Haast 1876)
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
(Moore 1963)
Mesoplodon bowdoini
(Andrews 1908)
Mesoplodon bidens
(Sowerby 1804)
Mesoplodon layardii
(Gray 1865)
Mesoplodon densirostris
(Blainville 1817)
Mesoplodon peruvianus
(Reyes Mead and Van Waerebeek 1991)
Mesoplodon perrini
(Dalebout Mead Baker Baker and van Helden 2002)
Mesoplodon hotaula
(Deraniyagala 1963)
Mesoplodon: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Dr. James G. Mead
Notes:
Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Mesoplodon
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Mesoplodon
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Mesoplodon
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Mesoplodon
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Mesoplodon
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Mesoplodon
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Rice, Dale W.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4
Page(s):
ix + 231
Publisher:
The Society for Marine Mammalogy
Publication Place:
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-891276-03-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Mesoplodon
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Order Cetacea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1
Page(s):
723-743
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Mesoplodon
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Dalebout, M. L., C. Scott Baker, D. Steel, K. Thompson, K. M. Robertson, S. J. Chivers, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2014-02-05 / 2014-02-05
Article/Chapter Title:
Resurrection of Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala 1963: A new species of beaked whale in the tropical Indo-Pacific
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Marine Mammal Science, Early View (Online Version of Record published before inclusion in an issue)
Page(s):
unpaginated
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
DOI: 10.1111/mms.12113 Available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.12113/abstract
Reference for:
Mesoplodon
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2018-01-01 / 2018-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition
Page(s):
xxxi + 1157
Publisher:
Elsevier
Publication Place:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
978-0-12-8043271/
Notes:
Species and classification provided on pages xxix-xxxi
Reference for:
Mesoplodon
Mesoplodon: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mesoplodon: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850 and Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804 were conserved; Nodus, Micropteron, and Mikropteron were suppressed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1985b)