WoRMS taxon details
Diodon Lesson, 1828
AphiaID: 383497
AphiaID: 383497
| 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) |
| Status |  unaccepted (synonym) | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Accepted name | Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850 | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Ziphiidae Gray, 1850 | |||||||
| Source | Not documented | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Diodon sowerbaei Bell, 1837 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) Species Diodon sowerbi Hamilton, 1837 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) Species Diodon sowerbyi Lesson, 1828 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:383497 | |||||||
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Diodon Lesson, 1828. 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=383497 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||
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