WoRMS taxon details
Monodon Linnaeus, 1758
Ceratodon Brünnich, 1772 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ceratodontis Brisson, 1762 · unaccepted (synonym)
Diodon Storr, 1780 · unaccepted (synonym)
Monodontinae Kellogg, 1928 · unaccepted
Narhvalus Fischer, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
Narwalus Lacépède, 1804 · unaccepted (synonym)
Narwhalus Duméril, 1806 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tachynices Brookes, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Monodon microcephalus Fleming, 1811 accepted as Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Monodon narhval Borowski, 1781 accepted as Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Monodon narhwal Blumenbach, 1799 accepted as Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Monodon spurius Fabricius, 1780 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Monodon Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137030 on 2025-04-30
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハリセンボン [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | vegmoseslekta [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | vegmoseslekta [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | brännmossor [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Diodon Storr, 1780)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ceratodon) (from synonym Ceratodon Brünnich, 1772)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diodon) (from synonym Diodon Storr, 1780)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monodon)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monodontinae) (from synonym Monodontinae Kellogg, 1928)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ceratodon) (from synonym Ceratodon Brünnich, 1772)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diodon) (from synonym Diodon Storr, 1780)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monodon)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monodontinae) (from synonym Monodontinae Kellogg, 1928)
To Genbank
To ITIS
