WoRMS taxon details
Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871)
137125 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137125)
accepted
Species
Berardius hectori Gray, 1871 · unaccepted (basionym)
Mesoplodon hectori Flower, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon knoxi Hector, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Paikea hectori Oliver, 1922 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Berardius hectori Gray, 1871) Gray J.E. (1871). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)8:117. [details]
Note Titai Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand.
From editor or global species database
Type locality Titai Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand. [details]
Distribution circum-global
Distribution circum-global [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137125 on 2024-11-08
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original description
(of Berardius hectori Gray, 1871) Gray J.E. (1871). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)8:117. [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [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.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [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.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
From editor or global species database
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]
Unreviewed
Distribution circum-global [details]Habitat cool temperate, oceanic [details]
Language | Name | |
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Afrikaans | Hector-snoetwalvis | [details] |
English | Hector's beaked whale | [details] |
French | mesoplodon de Hectorbaleine à bec de Hector | [details] |
Portuguese | baleia bicuda de Hector | [details] |
Spanish | zifio de Hectordelfin picudo de Hectorballena picuda de Hectorballena de picuda de Hector | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon knoxi Hector, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Berardius hectori Gray, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Paikea hectori Oliver, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon hectori Flower, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon hectori) (from synonym Mesoplodon hectori Flower, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon hectori)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Mesoplodon hectori Flower, 1878)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Berardius hectori Gray, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Paikea hectori Oliver, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon hectori Flower, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon hectori) (from synonym Mesoplodon hectori Flower, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon hectori)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Mesoplodon hectori Flower, 1878)
To PESI
To ITIS