Relationships towards this taxonGenus group namesSpecies group names
Mesoplodon densirostris | Gunther, 1955 | synonym | Vernaculars (+)
(-) Dutch: Europese spitssnuitdolfijn English: European beaked whale; Gervais' beaked whale; Gulf Stream beaked whale sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) French: baleine à bec de Gervais; mesoplodon de Gervais; mesoplodon d'Europe German: Europäischer Schnabelwal; Gervais-Zweizahnwal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Greek: Ευρωπαϊκό μεσόπλοδον sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Italian: mesoplodonte di Gervais sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Lithuanian: antilinis dvidantis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Polish: dziobowal europejski sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Portuguese: baleia bicuda de Gervais Russian: антильский ремнезуб sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Spanish, Castillian: ballena picuda de Gervais; ballenato hocicudo de Gervais; zifio de Gervais; zifio de las Antillas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Swedish: Gervais näbbval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Turkish: avrupa gagalı balinası; gervais iki dişli balinası sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Ukrainian: Антильський ремнезуб; кит Жерве; Ремнезуб антильський Literatureoriginal description | Gervais, P. (1855). Histoire naturelle des Mamifères. L. Curmer, Paris. 2. Ordre des Cétacés:314--331. | basis of record | van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 375-376 | additional source | Culik, B. 2000. Convention on Migratory Species: Whales and Dolphins. | additional source | Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. | additional source | IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | additional source | Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam. | additional source | 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. | additional source | Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 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. | additional source | Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4. | additional source | Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. | additional source | Norman, S. A. and J. G. Mead. (2001). Mesoplodon europaeus. Mammalian Species 688:1--5. |
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TaxonomyWoRMS
External LinksMarine Life Information Network - UK Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) GenBank (33 nucleotides; 110 proteins) GBIF
CitationPerrin, W. (2014). Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855). In: Perrin, W.F. (2014) World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137123Image![loading](images/ajax-loader.gif)
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