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Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963 
AphiaID: 254990

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Ziphiidae (Family) > Mesoplodon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
Synonymised
taxa		  Mesoplodon bowdoini Hubbs, 1946 (misidentification)
 Mesoplodon stejnegeri Nishiwaki & Tamiya, 1959 (misidentification)
Sources  original description: Moore, J. C. (1963). Recognizing certain species of beaked whales of the Pacific Ocean. The American Midland Naturalist 70:396--428.
page(s): 422--426 [details]

basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 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., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

additional source: Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4. [details]

additional source: Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. [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: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008., available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]

additional source: Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Arch-beaked whale  [details]
English Hubbs' beaked whale  [details]
French baleine à bec de Hubbs  [details]
Japanese Hubbs' oogiha kujira  [details]
Russian remnezub Hubbsa  [details]
Spanish ballena picuda de Hubbs  [details]
Spanish zifio de Hubbs  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution North Pacific [details]
Links To GenBank
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Notes  Habitat: oceanic [details]

Holotype: Skeleton, hyoids and pelvic in alchohol, dorsal fin, fluke tip, one eye; U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, no. 278031, collected July 25, 1946, by Carl Hubbs. [details]

IUCN Red List Category: Data Deficient (DD) [details]

Type locality: La Jolla, California, U.S.A., North Pacific (32 degrees 51 minutes 41 seconds North latitude, 117 degree 15 minutes 19 seconds West longitude). [details]
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history		 
Date   action   by
2007-12-24 20:10:49 GMT  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36 GMT  checked  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2009). Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963. In: Perrin, W.F. World Cetacea Database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254990 on 2010-02-09
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