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Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
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)
Micropteron Eschricht, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Micropterus Wagner, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neoziphius Gray, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nodus Wagler, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)
Oulodon von Haast, 1876 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
- Species Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908
- Species Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963
- Species Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
- Species Mesoplodon eueu Carroll, McGowen, McCarthy, Marx, Aguilar, Dalebout, Dreyer, Gaggiotti, Hansen, van Helden, Onoufriou, Baird, Baker, Berrow, Cholewiak, Claridge, Constantine, Davison, Eira, Fordyce, Gatesy, Hofmeyr, Martín, Mead, Mignucci-Giannoni, Morin, Reyes, Rogan, Rosso, Silva, Springer, Steel & Olsen, 2021
- Species Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)
- Species Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958
- Species Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876
- Species Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871)
- Species Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala, 1963
- Species Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865)
- Species Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913
- Species Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker & van Helden, 2002
- Species Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead & Van Waerebeek, 1991
- Species Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885
- Species Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874)
- Species Mesoplodon australis Flower, 1878 accepted as Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876 (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon bahamondi Reyes, Van Waerebeek, Cardenas & Yanez, 1996 accepted as Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874) (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957 accepted as Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958 (misidentification)
- Species Mesoplodon bowdoini Hubbs, 1946 accepted as Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963 (misidentification)
- Species Mesoplodon bowdoini Nishiwaki, 1962 accepted as Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885 (misidentification)
- Species Mesoplodon densirostris Ogawa, 1938 accepted as Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958 (misidentification)
- Species Mesoplodon densirostris Gunther, 1955 accepted as Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) (misidentification)
- Species Mesoplodon floweri Haast, 1876 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon gervaisi Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 accepted as Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon ginkgodens Baker & van Helden, 1999 accepted as Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874) (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon guentheri Krefft, 1871 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon haasti Flower, 1878 accepted as Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876 (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon hectori Mead, 1981 accepted as Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker & van Helden, 2002 (misidentification)
- Species Mesoplodon hectori Flower, 1878 accepted as Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871) (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon knoxi Hector, 1873 accepted as Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871) (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon layardi Flower, 1878 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon layardi Lahille, 1905 accepted as Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876 (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon layardi McCann, 1962 accepted as Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874) (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon layardii Hector, 1878 accepted as Mesoplodon traversii (Gray, 1874) (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon longirostris Gray, 1873 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon mirum True, 1913 accepted as Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913 (improper ending)
- Species Mesoplodon pacificus Longman, 1926 accepted as Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926) (Basionym)
- Species Mesoplodon sowerbensis Gervais, 1859 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon sowerbiensis J. A. Allen, 1869 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) (synonym)
- Species Mesoplodon stejnegeri Nishiwaki & Tamiya, 1959 accepted as Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963 (misidentification)
- Species Mesoplodon thomsoni Ogilby, 1892 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Gervais, P. (1850). Zoologie et paléontologie françaises (animaux vertébrés) : ou nouvelles recherches sur les animaux vivants et fossiles de la France. Chapitre Deuxieme. 1: 137-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27348937#page/155/mode/1up
page(s): 153 [details]
page(s): 153 [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137034 on 2024-08-27
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original description
Gervais, P. (1850). Zoologie et paléontologie françaises (animaux vertébrés) : ou nouvelles recherches sur les animaux vivants et fossiles de la France. Chapitre Deuxieme. 1: 137-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27348937#page/155/mode/1up
page(s): 153 [details]
original description (of Dioplodon Gervais, 1855) Gervais, P. (1855). Histoire naturelle des Mamifères. L. Curmer, Paris. 2. Ordre des Cétacés:314--331. [details]
basis of record Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
page(s): 153 [details]
original description (of Dioplodon Gervais, 1855) Gervais, P. (1855). Histoire naturelle des Mamifères. L. Curmer, Paris. 2. Ordre des Cétacés:314--331. [details]
basis of record Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diodon) (from synonym Diodon Lesson, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diplodon) (from synonym Diplodon Gray, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micropterus) (from synonym Micropterus Wagner, 1846)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 4070 Mesoplodon sp. rostrum)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 395632 Mesoplodon sp Radiograph 001)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diplodon) (from synonym Diplodon Gray, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micropterus) (from synonym Micropterus Wagner, 1846)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 4070 Mesoplodon sp. rostrum)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 395632 Mesoplodon sp Radiograph 001)
To ITIS