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Cetacea name details

Diodon Lesson, 1828

AphiaID

383497 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:383497)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ziphiidae Gray, 1850

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Species Diodon sowerbaei Bell, 1837 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) (synonym)
Species Diodon sowerbi Hamilton, 1837 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) (synonym)
Species Diodon sowerbyi Lesson, 1828 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database. Diodon Lesson, 1828. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=383497 on 2025-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-04 10:50:54Z

created

Perrin, William

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Not documented

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diodon)
To ITIS

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