Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
Beaked Whales
Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850; Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris Zool. (3) 14 : 16; TS : Delphinus sowerbiensis Blainville
Paikea Oliver, 1922; Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1922, pt. 3, p. 574; TS : Berardius hectori Gray
Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) Atlantic
Pohjoisatlantinnokkavalas
Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804; Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 7 : 310 ; TL : Brodie House, Coast of Elginshire, Scotland
Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804; The British miscellany : 1 ; TL : Coast of Elginshire, Scotland
Delphinus sowerbiensis Blainville
Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908 Temperate waters of Australia and New Zealand
Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908; Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 24 : 203; TL : New Brighton Beach, Canterbury Province, New Zealand
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963 Temperate waters of North Pacific
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963; Am. Midl. Nat., 70 : 422; TL : California, La Jolla
Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817) Temperate and tropical waters
Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) Temperate and tropical waters of North Atlantic
europaeus (Gervais, 1855); Hist. Nat. Mamm., 2 : 320; TL : "English Channel"
?Diplodon europaeus Gervais, 1848-52; Zoologie et Paléontolgie Françaises ... (ed. 1): 4; TL : English Channel
Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958 Tropical to warm waters temperate waters of the North Pacific and Indian Ocans off Japan
Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958; Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. (Tokyo), 13 : 77; TL : Japan, Kangawa, Oiso Beach
hotaula
Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast, 1876 Temperate southern oceans, cold temperate waters
Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast, 1876; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876 : 9; TL : New Zealand, Chatham Is., Waitangi Beach
Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871) Southern Hemisphere, temperate waters, northern Pacific
Berardius hectori Gray, 1871; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 8 : 117; TL : New Zealand, Wellington, Titai Bay
Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) Southern hemisphere, temperate waters
Strap-toothed Whale
Layard's Whale
layardii (Gray, 1865); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 : 358; TL : South Africa?
Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913 North Atlantic, temperate waters, South Atlantic coast of South Africa
True's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon mirum True, 1913; Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 60 (25): 1; TL : Beaufort Harbor, Cartered Co., North Carolina
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885 North Pacific, cold temperate to subarctic waters
Stejneger's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 8 : 585; TL : Bering Island, Commander Isalnds, Bering Sea
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References:
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
Some related literature:
Blainville, 1817
in Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle ..., ed. 2, 9:
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., 9 : 151,178
Gervais, 1855
Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères ... 2
Hist. Nat. Mamm., 2 : 320,323
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