Mesoplodon
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Perrin, William
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2026). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137034 on 2026-08-01
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2008-08-20T13:25:36Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
class: Mammalia
family: Ziphiidae
genus: Mesoplodon
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Gervais, P. (1850). Zoologie et paléontologie françaises (animaux vertébrés) : ou nouvelles recherches sur les animaux vivants et fossiles de la France. Chapitre Deuxieme. 1: 137-199.
name published in: Gervais, P. (1855). Histoire naturelle des Mamifères. L. Curmer, Paris. 2. Ordre des Cétacés:314--331.
name published in year: 1850
name published in year: 1855
order: Cetartiodactyla
parent name usage ID: 136986
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: Gervais, 1850
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted