Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871) 
AphiaID: 137125

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		Berardius hectori Gray, 1871 (basionym) Mesoplodon hectori Flower, 1878 (synonym) Mesoplodon knoxi Hector, 1873 (synonym) Paikea hectori Oliver, 1922 (synonym)
Sources		original description: Gray J.E. (1871). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)8:117. [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] 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: 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]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Afrikaans Hector-snoetwalvis  [details] English Hector's beaked whale  [details] French baleine à bec de Hector  [details] French mesoplodon de Hector  [details] Portuguese baleia bicuda de Hector  [details] Spanish ballena de picuda de Hector  [details] Spanish ballena picuda de Hector  [details] Spanish delfin picudo de Hector  [details] Spanish zifio de Hector  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Subantarctic Waters [details] World Oceans [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To ITIS
Notes		Distribution: circum-global [details] Habitat: cool temperate, oceanic [details] Holotype: Skull from stranding in 1866, in British Museum (Natural History), London, no. 1677b-76.2.16.3 [details] IUCN Red List Category: Data Deficient (DD) [details] Type locality: Titai Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137125
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 hectori (Gray, 1871). 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=137125 on 2013-05-20