RAMS - Ziphius Cuvier, 1823

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Ziphius Cuvier, 1823

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 21)

AphiaID

137035 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137035)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ziphiidae Gray, 1850

Synonymised names

Epiodon Burmeister, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823
Species Ziphius chathamiensis Iredale & Troughton, 1934 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (synonym)
Species Ziphius indicus Van Beneden, 1863 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (synonym)
Species Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865 accepted as Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) (basionym)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Cuvier, G. (1823). Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles. 5(1): 400pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52148938 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Ziphius Cuvier, 1823. 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=137035 on 2026-05-10

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. Ziphius Cuvier, 1823. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137035 on 2026-05-10

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 Cuvier, G. (1823). Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles. 5(1): 400pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52148938 [details]

basis of record 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]