IRMNG - Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala, 1963

IRMNG taxon details

Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala, 1963

IRMNG_ID

11698012 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11698012)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark The type specimen (from Sri Lanka) was described as a new species, M. hotaula, in 1963, later synonymized with M....

Taxonomic remark The type specimen (from Sri Lanka) was described as a new species, M. hotaula, in 1963, later synonymized with M. ginkgodens, but reinstated by Dalebout et al., 2014. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala, 1963. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11698012 on 2024-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-07-24 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2017-03-08 10:13:54Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree]

basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source Dalebout, M. L.; Scott Baker, C.; Steel, D.; Thompson, K.; Robertson, K. M.; Chivers, S. J.; Perrin, W. F.; Goonatilake, M.; Charles Anderson, R.; Mead, J. G.; Potter, C. W.; Thompson, L.; Jupiter, D.; Yamada, T. K. (2014). Resurrection of Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala 1963: A new species of beaked whale in the tropical Indo-Pacific. <em>Marine Mammal Science.</em> 30(3): 1081-1108., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12113 [details]

extant flag source Dalebout, M. L.; Scott Baker, C.; Steel, D.; Thompson, K.; Robertson, K. M.; Chivers, S. J.; Perrin, W. F.; Goonatilake, M.; Charles Anderson, R.; Mead, J. G.; Potter, C. W.; Thompson, L.; Jupiter, D.; Yamada, T. K. (2014). Resurrection of Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala 1963: A new species of beaked whale in the tropical Indo-Pacific. <em>Marine Mammal Science.</em> 30(3): 1081-1108., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12113 [details]

habitat flag source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

From other sources

Taxonomic remark The type specimen (from Sri Lanka) was described as a new species, M. hotaula, in 1963, later synonymized with M. ginkgodens, but reinstated by Dalebout et al., 2014. [details]

To WoRMS