WoRMS taxon details

Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874)

254993  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254993)

accepted
Species
Dolichodon layardii Hector, 1873 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Dolichodon traversii Gray, 1874 · unaccepted (basionym)
Mesoplodon layardi McCann, 1962 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Note Pitt Island, Chatham Islands (44 degrees 17...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pitt Island, Chatham Islands (44 degrees 17 minutes S latitude, 176 degrees 15 minutes W longitude). [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254993 on 2024-03-19
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2007-12-24 20:10:49Z
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2008-08-20 11:25:36Z
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original description  (of Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999) Baker, A. N.; Van Helden, A. L. (1999). New records of beaked whales, GenusMesoplodon,from New Zealand (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 29(3): 235-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1999.9517594 [details]   

basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [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.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]   

status source Helden, A. L. van, A. N. Baker, M. L. Dalebout, J. C. Reyes, K. Van Waerebeek and C. Scott Baker. (2002). Resurrection of <i>Mesoplodon traversii</i>, senior synonym of <i>M. bahamondi</i> Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cárdenas and Yáñez, 1995 (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). Marine Mammal Science 18:609--621. [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Holotype Mandible in Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, no. NMNZ 546, collected in 1872 by H. H. Travers. [details]

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

Type locality Pitt Island, Chatham Islands (44 degrees 17 minutes S latitude, 176 degrees 15 minutes W longitude). [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch spade-tand spitssnuitdolfijn  [details]
English spade-toothed beaked whale  [details]
French baleine à bec de Travers  [details]
Spanish zifio de Travers  [details]