World Cetacea Database - Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957

Cetacea name details

Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957

AphiaID

384413 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384413)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (misidentification)

Accepted name

Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958

Rank

Species

Parent

Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=384413 on 2026-08-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-05 14:31:36Z

created

Perrin, William

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

basis of record Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	almindelig næbhval	[details]
English	Sowerby's beaked whale	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Δίδοντο μεσόπλοδον	[details]
Polish	dziobowal dwuzębny	[details]
Spanish	ballenato hocicudo de Sowerby	[details]
Turkish	Sowerbi iki dişli balinası Soverby iki dişli balinası	[details]
Ukrainian	Ремнезуб атлантичний	[details]
Welsh	morfil gylfinog Sowerby	[details]

To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (186 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon bidens)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS