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Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851 
AphiaID: 242606

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Ziphiidae (Family) > Berardius (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Berardius Duvernoy, 1851
Synonymised
taxa		  Berardius arnouxi Flower, 1874 (synonym)
 Berardius arnouxii Duvernoy, 1851 (lapsus calami)
 Berardius arnuxi Davies, 1963 (synonym)
 Berardius arnuxi Davies, 1863 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Duvernoy. (1851). Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris (3), Zool. 15:52, 68, pl.1 (skull). [details]

basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 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., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

additional source: Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4. [details]

additional source: Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. [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., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]

additional source: Robineau, D. (1989). Les types de cétacés actuels du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle I. Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, Kogiidae, Ziphiidae, Iniidae, Pontoporiidae. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris, 4th ser., 11, section A, no. 1:271-289. [details]

additional source: King, C. (2009). Terrestrial mammals (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Afrikaans Arnoux-snoetwalvis  [details]
Dutch spitssnuitdolfijn van Arnoux  [details]
English Arnoux's beaked whale  [details]
English Arnux's beaked whale  [details]
English New Zealand beaked whale  [details]
French berardie d'Arnoux  [details]
French bérardien d'Arnoux  [details]
French berardius du sud  [details]
Portuguese baleia bicuda de Arnoux  [details]
Spanish ballena marsopa  [details]
Spanish ballenato de Arnoux  [details]
Spanish delfin de Arnoux  [details]
Spanish zifio de Arnoux  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Antarctica [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Southern Ocean [details]
Subantarctic Waters [details]
World Oceans [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Notes  Habitat: cold temperate and subpolar  [details]

Holotype: Skull, Mus. Nat. d'Histoire nat., Paris; collected by M. Arnoux, surgeon of the corvette Rhin under the command of Captain Berard; accessioned October 20, 1846. Nos.: CAC:A.10.733; CAG:BII/252. [details]

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

Type locality: Akaroa, near Banks Island, New Zealand [details]
Images 
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 21 bis)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 21 bis)
added on 2008-06-03 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:12:14

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 23)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 23)
added on 2008-06-03 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:12:23
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242606
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-07-16 21:05:52Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242606 on 2013-05-22
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