Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) 
AphiaID: 137121

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Odontoceti > Ziphiidae > Mesoplodon

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
Synonymised taxa		Aodon dalei Lesson, 1828 (synonym) Delphinorhynchus micropterus F. Cuvier, 1836 (synonym) Delphinorhynchus sowerbyi Gray, 1846 (synonym) Delphinus micropteron Tomilin, 1957 (synonym) Delphinus micropterus G. Cuvier, 1829 (synonym) Delphinus sowerbensis Blainville, 1817 (synonym) Delphinus sowerbi Eschricht, 1851 (synonym) Delphinus sowerbyensis Eschricht, 1852 (synonym) Delphinus sowerbyi Desmarest, 1822 (synonym) Diodon sowerbaei Bell, 1837 (synonym) Diodon sowerbi Hamilton, 1837 (synonym) Diodon sowerbyi Lesson, 1828 (synonym) Heterodon dalei Lesson, 1827 (synonym) Mesodiodon sowerbyi Duvernoy, 1851 (synonym) Mesoplodon sowerbensis Gervais, 1859 (synonym) Mesoplodon sowerbiensis J. A. Allen, 1869 (synonym) Micropteron bidens Malm, 1871 (synonym) Micropteron sowerbiensis Van Beneden, 1868 (synonym) Nodus dalei Gray, 1850 (synonym) Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804 (basionym) Ziphius sowerbiensis Gray, 1846 (synonym)
Sources		original description: Sowerby, J. (1804). Transactions of the Linnaean Society, London 7:310. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: 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: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 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] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Danish almindelig næbhval  [details] Dutch gewone spitssnuitdolfijn  [details] Dutch spitsdolfijn  [details] English North Atlantic beaked whale  [details] English North Sea beaked whale  [details] English Sowerby's beaked whale  [details] French baleine à bec de Sowerby  [details] French dauphin de Dale  [details] French dauphin de Hâvre  [details] French mesoplodon de Sowerby  [details] German Flosser  [details] German Sowerbys Wal  [details] Icelandic svinhvalur  [details] Italian mesoplodonte di Sowerby  [details] Lithuanian atlantinis dvidantis  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Δίδοντο μεσόπλοδον  [details] Norwegian spidshvalen  [details] Norwegian Bokmål nordspisshval  [details] Norwegian Bokmål spisshval  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk nordspisskval  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk spisskval  [details] Russian atlanticheski remhezub  [details] Russian remnezub soverbi  [details] Russian ремнезуб атлантический  [details] Slovenian sowerbyjev dvozob  [details] Spanish ballenato de hoccico de Sowerby  [details] Spanish zifio de Sowerby  [details] Swedish Sowerbys näbbval  [details] Ukrainian Атлантичний ремнезуб  [details] Ukrainian кит Соверби  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Blankenberge [details] Dunkerque [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Northern North Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links		Marine Life Information Network - UK To Biodiversity Heritage Library (164 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To ITIS
Notes		Diet: squid and small fish [details] Dimensions: Length: male 18' (5.5 m), female 16 1/2' (5 m), at birth 8' (2.4 m) [details] Distribution: North Atlantic (Eastern and Western), including North sea; considered rare in Canadian waters [details] Habitat: offshore [details] Habitat: also in shelf areas [details] Holotype: "A stranded male, skull only preserved, originally in Sowerby's museum [,]now in the museum of the University of Oxford; collected 1800 by Mr. James Brodie" (Hershkovitz, 1966).  [details] IUCN Red List Category: Data Deficient (DD) [details] Predators: None known. [details] Type locality: Brodie House, Elginshire, Scotland, U.K. [details]
Images		Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 22) added on 2008-06-03 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:07:18 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 26) added on 2008-06-03 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:07:28
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137121
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   checked   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804). In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137121 on 2013-05-22