WoRMS taxon details
Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)
137123 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137123)
accepted
Species
Dioplodon europaeus Gervais, 1855 · unaccepted (basionym)
Dioplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon densirostris Gunther, 1955 · unaccepted (misidentification)
Mesoplodon gervaisi Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neoziphius europaeus Gray, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nodus europaeus Hershkovitz, 1961 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Dioplodon europaeus Gervais, 1855) Gervais, P. (1855). Histoire naturelle des Mamifères. L. Curmer, Paris. 2. Ordre des Cétacés:314--331.
page(s): 320 [details]
page(s): 320 [details]
Note English Channel
From editor or global species database
Type locality English Channel [details]
Distribution Warm-temperate to tropical waters of Atlantic.
Distribution Warm-temperate to tropical waters of Atlantic. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137123 on 2025-09-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dioplodon europaeus Gervais, 1855) Gervais, P. (1855). Histoire naturelle des Mamifères. L. Curmer, Paris. 2. Ordre des Cétacés:314--331.
page(s): 320 [details]
original description (of Nodus europaeus Hershkovitz, 1961) Hershkovitz, P. (1961). On the nomenclature of certain whales. <em>Fieldiana Zoology.</em> 39: 547-565. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 320 [details]
original description (of Nodus europaeus Hershkovitz, 1961) Hershkovitz, P. (1961). On the nomenclature of certain whales. <em>Fieldiana Zoology.</em> 39: 547-565. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Culik, B. (2000). Convention on Migratory Species: Whales and Dolphins. , available online at http://www.wcmc.org.uk/cms/reports/small_cetaceans/data/K_sima/K_sima.htm [details]
additional source 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 Norman, S. A. and J. G. Mead. (2001). Mesoplodon europaeus. Mammalian Species 688:1--5. [details]
additional source Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Culik, B. (2000). Convention on Migratory Species: Whales and Dolphins. , available online at http://www.wcmc.org.uk/cms/reports/small_cetaceans/data/K_sima/K_sima.htm [details]
additional source 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 Norman, S. A. and J. G. Mead. (2001). Mesoplodon europaeus. Mammalian Species 688:1--5. [details]
additional source Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Warm-temperate to tropical waters of Atlantic. [details]Holotype "Skull only, in Caen Museum; found floating in the English Channel and retrieved by a ship's captain; presented to M. Deslongchamps père through M. Vautier" (Hershkovitz, 1966). [details]
IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Type locality English Channel [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat oceanic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Europese spitssnuitdolfijn | [details] |
| English | Gulf Stream beaked whaleGervais' beaked whaleEuropean beaked whale | [details] |
| French | mesoplodon d'Europemesoplodon de Gervaisbaleine à bec de Gervais | [details] |
| German | Gervais-ZweizahnwalEuropäischer Schnabelwal | [details] |
| Italian | mesoplodonte di Gervais | [details] |
| Japanese | コブハクジラ [from synonym] | [details] |
| Lithuanian | antilinis dvidantis | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Πυκνόρυγχο Μεσόπλοδον [from synonym]Ευρωπαϊκό μεσόπλοδον | [details] |
| Polish | dziobowal europejskidziobowal Blainville'a [from synonym] | [details] |
| Portuguese | baleia bicuda de Gervais | [details] |
| Russian | антильский ремнезуб | [details] |
| Spanish | zifio de las Antillaszifio de Gervaisballenato hocicudo de Gervaisballenato hocicudo de Blainville [from synonym]ballena picuda de Gervais | [details] |
| Swedish | Gervais näbbval | [details] |
| Turkish | sık dişli gagalı balinası [from synonym]sık dişli gagalı balina [from synonym]gervais iki dişli balinasıavrupa gagalı balinası | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Ремнезуб Бленвіля [from synonym]Ремнезуб антильськийкит ЖервеАнтильський ремнезуб | [details] |
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP MHNC 7737 Mesoplodon europaeus skull)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP MHNC 7737 Mesoplodon europaeustype description)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP MHNC 7737 Mesoplodon europaeustype description)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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