WoRMS taxon details
Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala, 1963
384422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384422)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1963). A new beaked whale from Ceylon. Ceylon Today 12:13--14. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=384422 on 2025-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1963). A new beaked whale from Ceylon. Ceylon Today 12:13--14. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Dalebout, M. L., Scott Baker, C., Steel, D., Thompson, K., Robertson, K. M., Chivers, S. J., Perrin, W. F., Goonatilake, M., Charles Anderson, R., Mead, J. G., Potter, C. W., Thompson, L., Jupiter, D. and Yamada, T. K. (2014), Resurrection of Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala 1963: A new species of beaked whale in the tropical Indo-Pacific. Marine Mammal Science. [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] 
