Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) 
AphiaID: 137123

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		Dioplodon europaeus Gervais, 1855 (basionym) Dioplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps, 1866 (synonym) Mesoplodon densirostris Gunther, 1955 (misidentification) Mesoplodon gervaisi Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 (synonym) Neoziphius europaeus Gray, 1871 (synonym) Nodus europaeus Hershkovitz, 1961 (synonym)
Sources		original description: Gervais, P. (1855). Histoire naturelle des Mamifères. L. Curmer, Paris. 2. Ordre des Cétacés:314--331. page(s): 320 [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: 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. 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: 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] 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   Dutch Europese spitssnuitdolfijn  [details] English European beaked whale  [details] English Gervais' beaked whale  [details] English Gulf Stream beaked whale  [details] French baleine à bec de Gervais  [details] French mesoplodon de Gervais  [details] French mesoplodon d'Europe  [details] German Europäischer Schnabelwal  [details] German Gervais-Zweizahnwal  [details] Italian mesoplodonte di Gervais  [details] Lithuanian antilinis dvidantis  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Ευρωπαϊκό μεσόπλοδον  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Πυκνόρυγχο Μεσόπλοδον (from synonym)  [details] Polish dziobowal Blainville'a (from synonym)  [details] Polish dziobowal europejski  [details] Portuguese baleia bicuda de Gervais  [details] Russian антильский ремнезуб  [details] Spanish ballena picuda de Gervais  [details] Spanish ballenato hocicudo de Blainville (from synonym)  [details] Spanish ballenato hocicudo de Gervais  [details] Spanish zifio de Gervais  [details] Spanish zifio de las Antillas  [details] Swedish Gervais näbbval  [details] Turkish avrupa gagalı balinası  [details] Turkish gervais iki dişli balinası  [details] Turkish sık dişli gagalı balina (from synonym)  [details] Turkish sık dişli gagalı balinası (from synonym)  [details] Ukrainian Антильський ремнезуб  [details] Ukrainian кит Жерве  [details] Ukrainian Ремнезуб антильський  [details] Ukrainian Ремнезуб Бленвіля (from synonym)  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Atlantic [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [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 (36 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 110 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Notes		Distribution: Warm-temperate to tropical waters of Atlantic. [details] Habitat: oceanic [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]
Images		Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 24) 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 00:11:25 Mesoplodon europaeus added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-04-15 22:53:52
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137123
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 europaeus (Gervais, 1855). 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=137123 on 2013-06-19