Mesoplodon perrini
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Perrin, William
date: 2026-08-15
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 perrini Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker & van Helden, 2002
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2026). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker & van Helden, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254992 on 2026-08-15
created: 2007-12-24T21:10:49Z
modified: 2008-08-20T13:25:36Z
replaces: 384421
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker & van Helden, 2002
class: Mammalia
family: Ziphiidae
genus: Mesoplodon
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Dalebout, M. L., J. G. Mead, C. Scott Baker, A. N. Baker and A. L. van Helden. (2002). A new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon perrini sp. n. (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) discovered through phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Mammal Science 18:577--608.
name published in year: 2002
order: Cetartiodactyla
parent name usage ID: 137034
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker & van Helden, 2002
specific epithet: perrini
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted