WoRMS taxon details
Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker & van Helden, 2002
254992 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254992)
accepted
Species
Mesoplodon hectori Mead, 1981 · unaccepted (misidentification)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Dalebout, M. L., J. G. Mead, C. Scott Baker, A. N. Baker and A. L. van Helden. (2002). A new species of beaked whale <i>Mesoplodon perrini</i> sp. n. (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) discovered through phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Mammal Science 18:577--608. [details]
Note Carlsbad, California, U.S.A., 33 degrees 7...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Carlsbad, California, U.S.A., 33 degrees 7 minutes N latitude, 117 degrees 20 minutes W longitude. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker & van Helden, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254992 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Dalebout, M. L., J. G. Mead, C. Scott Baker, A. N. Baker and A. L. van Helden. (2002). A new species of beaked whale <i>Mesoplodon perrini</i> sp. n. (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) discovered through phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Mammal Science 18:577--608. [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]
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]
Ecology
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] 
Other
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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]Specimen Skull and skeleton of adult male stranded in Carlsbad, California of Sept. 9, 1978, in U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, no. 504853. [details]
Type locality Carlsbad, California, U.S.A., 33 degrees 7 minutes N latitude, 117 degrees 20 minutes W longitude. [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat oceanic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Perrin's beaked whaleCalifornia beaked whale | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon hectori Mead, 1981)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon hectori) (from synonym Mesoplodon hectori Mead, 1981)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon perrini)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mead & Baker 1987 M hectori from California figure 1)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon hectori Mead, 1981)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon hectori) (from synonym Mesoplodon hectori Mead, 1981)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon perrini)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mead & Baker 1987 M hectori from California figure 1)
To ITIS
