IRMNG - Monodon Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG taxon details

Monodon Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG_ID

1289045 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1289045)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Monodontidae Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Ceratodon Brünnich, 1772 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ceratodon Brisson, 1762 · unaccepted

Ceratodontis Brisson, 1762 · unaccepted (synonym)

Diodon Storr, 1780 · unaccepted (synonym)

Monodus Schulze, 1897 · unaccepted

Narhvalus Fischer, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)

Narvallus Burnett, 1830 · unaccepted

Narvalus Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted

Narwalus Lacépède, 1804 · unaccepted (synonym)

Narwhalus Duméril, 1805 · unaccepted (synonym)

Tachynices Brookes, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758
Species Monodon spurius Fabricius, 1780
Species Monodon microcephalus Fleming, 1811 accepted as Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758
Species Monodon narhval Borowski, 1781 accepted as Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758
Species Monodon narhwal Blumenbach, 1799 accepted as Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 75 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Monodon Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289045 on 2024-12-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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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. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 75 [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source Sepkoski (2002)/web search (AJR) [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

original description (of Narwhalus Duméril, 1805) Duméril, A.M.C. (1805). Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux. Allais, Paris. xxxii + 344 pp. [1806]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44011
page(s): 28 [details]

original description (of Monodus Schulze, 1897) Helios, 14
page(s): 77 [details]

original description (of Narwalus Lacépède, 1804) H. N. Cétac., xxxvii. [details]

original description (of Ceratodon Brisson, 1762) Règ. Anim.
page(s): 231 [details]

original description (of Narvallus Burnett, 1830) Quart. J. Sci. (R. Inst. Gt. Brit.)
page(s): 361 [details]

original description (of Narvalus Rafinesque, 1815) Anal. Nat.
page(s): 61 [details]

original description (of Tachynices Brookes, 1828) Cat. Anat. Zool. Mus. Brookes
page(s): 40 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006). Marine, fossil: Quaternary (Sepkoski 2002) [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Type species as cited Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758. [details]

To WoRMS (from synonym Narwhalus Duméril, 1805)
To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Narwalus Lacépède, 1804)
To WoRMS (from synonym Tachynices Brookes, 1828)
To WoRMS (from synonym Ceratodon Brünnich, 1772)
To WoRMS (from synonym Diodon Storr, 1780)
To WoRMS (from synonym Ceratodontis Brisson, 1762)
To WoRMS (from synonym Narhvalus Fischer, 1914)