RAMS - Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850

RAMS taxon details

Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 22)

AphiaID

137034 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137034)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ziphiidae Gray, 1850

Synonymised names

Dolichodon Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (Junior synonym)

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Species Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908
Species Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876
Species Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871)
Species Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865)
Species Mesoplodon australis Flower, 1878 accepted as Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876 (synonym)
Species Mesoplodon floweri Haast, 1876 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) (synonym)
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 thomsoni Ogilby, 1892 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

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]

Taxonomic citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137034 on 2026-05-24

Regional species database citation

De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137034 on 2026-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2008-08-20 11:25:36Z

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Perrin, William

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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]

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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]