Genus Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850

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Genus Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850

Mesoplodon Gervais, F.L.P. 1850. Mémoire sur la famille des cétacés Ziphioides, et plus particulièrement sur le Ziphius cavirostris de la Méditerranée. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris XIV Zool. 1850: 5-17 [16].
Type species:
Delphinus sowerbensis Blainville, 1817 (=Physeter bidens (Sowerby, 1804)) by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259 [125] (see for extralimital synonymy)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal, mainly temperate waters, some species also tropical and in colder waters.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

South Africa

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
- 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic

Nearctic Region

Mexico
- Baja California

Oriental Region

Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Taiwan

Palaearctic Region

Japan

Distribution References

Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
11-Jun-2024	11-Jun-2024	MOVED
11-Jun-2024	11-Jun-2024	MOVED
16-Dec-2010	19-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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