RAMS taxon details
Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865)
231429 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231429)
accepted
Species
Dolichodon layardii Gray, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon floweri Haast, 1876 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon layardi Flower, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon thomsoni Ogilby, 1892 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865) Gray J.E. (1865). Notes on the whales of the Cape; by E. L. Layard, Esq., of Cape-Town, Corr. Memb. with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, April 11, 1865:357--359. [details]
Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865). Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231429 on 2026-06-07
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 layardii (Gray, 1865). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231429 on 2026-06-07
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original description
(of Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865) Gray J.E. (1865). Notes on the whales of the Cape; by E. L. Layard, Esq., of Cape-Town, Corr. Memb. with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, April 11, 1865:357--359. [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]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
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 Shirihai, H. (2002). A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean. Alula Press FI 510 pp. [details]
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]
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]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
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 Shirihai, H. (2002). A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean. Alula Press FI 510 pp. [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | strap-toothed whale | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon floweri Haast, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon thomsoni Ogilby, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardi Flower, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Dolichodon layardii Gray, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon layardii)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon floweri Haast, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon thomsoni Ogilby, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardi Flower, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Dolichodon layardii Gray, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon layardii)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
