Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817) 
AphiaID: 137122

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		Delphinus densirostris Blainville, 1817 (basionym) Nodus densirostris Galbreath, 1963 (synonym) Ziphius sechellensis Gray, 1846 (synonym)
Sources		original description: Blainville, H. de (1817). In [Desmarest, A. G.] Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle 9. page(s): 178 [details] basis of record: 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] additional source: King, C. (2009). Terrestrial mammals (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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   Afrikaans Blainville-snoetwalvis  [details] Dutch spitssnuitdolfijn  [details] Dutch spitssnuitdolfijn van De Blainville  [details] English Blainville's beaked whale  [details] English cow-fish  [details] English dense-beaked whale  [details] English paus Blainvillei  [details] English tropical beaked whale  [details] French baleine à bec de Blainville  [details] French baleine bécune  [details] French dioplodon densirostre  [details] French mesoplodon de Blainville  [details] German Blainville-Schnabelwal  [details] German Blainville-Zweizahnwal  [details] Italian mesoplodonte di De Blainville  [details] Japanese kobuha kujira  [details] Korean hog-buri-gorae  [details] Lithuanian Blenvilio dvidantis  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Πυκνόρυγχο μεσόπλοδον  [details] Portuguese baleia bicuda de Blainville  [details] Russian remneub Blainvillya  [details] Russian ремнезуб блэнвиля  [details] Slovenian Blainvillov dvozob  [details] Spanish ballena picuda  [details] Spanish ballena picuda de Blainville  [details] Spanish ballenato de hoccico de Blainville  [details] Spanish zifio de Blainville  [details] Swedish Blainvilles näbbval  [details] Ukrainian Ремнезуб Бленвіля  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Comores [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Pacific Ocean [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tanzania [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To ITIS
Notes		Distribution: Western Atlantic [details] Distribution: circum-global [details] Habitat: warm-temperate and tropical, mostly offshore but also around oceanic islands. [details] Holotype: Distal 9 inches of rostrum, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, no. CAC A.3553, of unknown origin. [details] IUCN Red List Category: Data Deficient (DD) [details] Type locality: Unknown. [details]
Images		Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 25) 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 00:09:43 Mesoplodon densirostris added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-04-15 22:55:31 Mesoplodon densirostris added on 2011-09-12 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-04-15 22:55:45
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137122
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 densirostris (de Blainville, 1817). 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=137122 on 2013-06-20