Mesoplodon Gervais 1850
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AAE5A32E-6FBA-73E6-2F21-872D3A4B3B74 |
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Guido |
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Mesoplodon Gervais 1850 |
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Mesoplodon Gervais 1850 , Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser. 3, 14: 16.
Type Species: Delphinus sowerbensis de Blainville 1817
Synonyms: Aodon Lesson 1828 ; Dioplodon Gervais 1850 ; Dolichodon Gray 1866 ; Micropteron Eschricht 1849 ; Micropterus Wagner 1846 ; Mikropteron Hershkovitz 1961 ; Oulodon von Haast 1876 ; Nodus Wagler 1830 ; Paikea Oliver 1922 .
Species and subspecies: 14 species:
Species Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby 1804)
Species Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews 1908
Species Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore 1963
Species Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville 1817)
Species Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais 1855
Species Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya 1958
Species Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast 1876
Species Mesoplodon hectori Gray 1871
Species Mesoplodon layardii Gray 1865
Species Mesoplodon mirus True 1913
Species Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout et al. 2002
Species Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead, and Van Waerebeek 1991
Species Mesoplodon stejnegeri True 1885
Species Mesoplodon traversii Gray 1873
Discussion: Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850 and Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804 were conserved; Nodus , Micropteron , and Mikropteron were suppressed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1985 b).
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