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Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850

1434749  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1434749)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Tetrapoda (Superclass)
  6. Mammalia (Class)
  7. Theria (Subclass)
  8. Eutheria (Infraclass)
  9. Cetacea (Order)
  10. Ziphiidae (Family)
  11. Mesoplodon (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Aodon Lesson, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Callidon Gray, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Diodon Lesson, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Dioplodon Gervais, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
Diplodon Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Dolichodon Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (Junior synonym)
Mesiodon Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesodiodon Duvernoy, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoodon Brandt, 1873 · unaccepted
Micropteron Eschricht, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Micropterus Wagner in Schreber, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neoziphius Gray, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nodus Wagler, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)
Oulodon von Haast, 1876 · unaccepted (synonym)
Vlodon Palmer, 1904 · unaccepted

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  1. Species Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
  2. Species Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908
  3. Species Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963
  4. Species Mesoplodon compressus (Huxley, 1864) †
  5. Species Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
  6. Species Mesoplodon eueu Carroll et al., 2021
  7. Species Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)
  8. Species Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958
  9. Species Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876
  10. Species Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871)
  11. Species Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala, 1963
  12. Species Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865)
  13. Species Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913
  14. Species Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker & van Helden, 2002
  15. Species Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead & Van Waerebeek, 1991
  16. Species Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885
  17. Species Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874)
  18. Species Mesoplodon australis Flower, 1878 accepted as Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876
  19. Species Mesoplodon bahamondi Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cardenas & Yanez, 1996 accepted as Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874)
  20. Species Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957 accepted as Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958
  21. Species Mesoplodon bowdoini Nishiwaki, 1962 accepted as Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885
  22. Species Mesoplodon bowdoini Hubbs, 1946 accepted as Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963
  23. Species Mesoplodon densirostris Ogawa, 1938 accepted as Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958
  24. Species Mesoplodon densirostris Gunther, 1955 accepted as Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)
  25. Species Mesoplodon floweri Haast, 1876 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865)
  26. Species Mesoplodon gervaisi Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 accepted as Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)
  27. Species Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999 accepted as Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874)
  28. Species Mesoplodon guentheri Krefft, 1871 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865)
  29. Species Mesoplodon guntheri Krefft, 1871 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865)
  30. Species Mesoplodon haasti Flower, 1878 accepted as Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876
  31. Species Mesoplodon hectori Mead, 1981 accepted as Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker & van Helden, 2002
  32. Species Mesoplodon hectori Flower, 1878 accepted as Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871)
  33. Species Mesoplodon knoxi Hector, 1873 accepted as Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871)
  34. Species Mesoplodon layardi Lahille, 1905 accepted as Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876
  35. Species Mesoplodon layardi Flower, 1878 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865)
  36. Species Mesoplodon layardi McCann, 1962 accepted as Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874)
  37. Species Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878 accepted as Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874)
  38. Species Mesoplodon lazardii
  39. Species Mesoplodon longirostris Gray, 1873 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865)
  40. Species Mesoplodon mirum True, 1913 accepted as Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913
  41. Species Mesoplodon pacificus Longman, 1926 accepted as Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926)
  42. Species Mesoplodon sowerbensis Gervais, 1859 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
  43. Species Mesoplodon sowerbiensis J.A. Allen, 1869 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
  44. Species Mesoplodon stejnegeri Nishiwaki & Tamiya, 1959 accepted as Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963
  45. Species Mesoplodon thompsoni Ogilby, 1892 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865)
  46. Species Mesoplodon thomsoni Ogilby, 1892 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865)
  47. Species Mesoplodon traversi (Gray, 1874) accepted as Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874)
marine
recent + fossil
Ann. Sci. Nat., [3] (Zool.), 14
page(s): 16 [details] 
IRMNG (2024). Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1434749 on 2025-01-10
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony

original description Ann. Sci. Nat., [3] (Zool.), 14
page(s): 16 [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] 

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [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, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details] 

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details] 

original description (of Nodus Wagler, 1830) Wagler, J. (1830). Natürliches System der Amphibien mit vorangehender Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel : ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. München, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J. G. Cotta. vi+354 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120243
page(s): 34 [details] 

original description (of Diplodon Gray, 1866) Cat. seals and whales Brit. Mus.
page(s): 349 [details] 

original description (of Mesodiodon Duvernoy, 1851) Ann. Sci. Nat., (3) Zool., 15
page(s): 55 [details] 

original description (of Oulodon von Haast, 1876) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876
page(s): 457 [details] 

original description (of Callidon Gray, 1871) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 7
page(s): 368 [details] 

original description (of Mesoodon Brandt, 1873) Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, (7) 20, no. 1
page(s): 220 [details] 

original description (of Micropteron Eschricht, 1849) Danske Selsk. Skr., Kjöbenhavn (5) 1
page(s): 97 [details] 

original description (of Neoziphius Gray, 1871) Cat. Seals Brit. Mus., Suppl.
page(s): 101 [details] 

original description (of Vlodon Palmer, 1904) North Amer. Fauna, No. 23
page(s): 955 [details] 

original description (of Dolichodon Gray, 1866) Cat. Seals Brit. Mus.
page(s): 353 [details] 

original description (of Mesodon Trouessart, 1898) Cat. Mamm., n. ed., 2,
page(s): 1063 [details] 

original description (of Diodon Lesson, 1828) Compl. de Buffon, H. N. Mamm. etc. découv. depuis 1788, 1, 124
page(s): 440 [details] 

original description (of Aodon Lesson, 1828) H. N. Mamm. Ois. 1788, 1, pl
page(s): 3 [details] 

original description (of Mikropteron Eschricht, 1849) K. Danske Vid.-Selsk. Skrifter, [5] 1
page(s): 98 [details] 

original description (of Dioplodon Gervais, 1855) Ann. Sci. Nat., [3] (Zool.), 14
page(s): 16 [details] 

original description (of Mesiodon Gray, 1866) Cat. Seals Brit. Mus.
page(s): 349 [details] 

original description (of Micropterus Wagner in Schreber, 1846) in Schreber, Säugth., 7
page(s): 352 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006). Marine, extant (?) + fossil: Tertiary to Recent (Sepkoski 2002) [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Type species as cited Delphinus sowerbensis de Blainville, 1817 (= Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804). [details]
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Diplodon Gray, 1866)
To WoRMS (from synonym Nodus Wagler, 1830)
To WoRMS (from synonym Micropteron Eschricht, 1849)
To WoRMS (from synonym Callidon Gray, 1871)
To WoRMS (from synonym Oulodon von Haast, 1876)
To WoRMS (from synonym Mesodiodon Duvernoy, 1851)
To WoRMS (from synonym Micropterus Wagner in Schreber, 1846)
To WoRMS (from synonym Mesiodon Gray, 1866)
To WoRMS (from synonym Dioplodon Gervais, 1855)
To WoRMS (from synonym Aodon Lesson, 1828)
To WoRMS (from synonym Diodon Lesson, 1828)
To WoRMS (from synonym Dolichodon Gray, 1866)
To WoRMS (from synonym Neoziphius Gray, 1871)
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