WoRMS taxon details
Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
137121 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137121)
accepted
Species
Aodon dalei Lesson, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinorhynchus micropterus F. Cuvier, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinorhynchus sowerbyi Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus micropteron Tomilin, 1957 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus micropterus G. Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus sowerbensis Blainville, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus sowerbi Eschricht, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus sowerbyensis Eschricht, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus sowerbyi Desmarest, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
Diodon sowerbaei Bell, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Diodon sowerbi Hamilton, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Diodon sowerbyi Lesson, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Heterodon dalei Lesson, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesodiodon sowerbyi Duvernoy, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon sowerbensis Gervais, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon sowerbiensis J. A. Allen, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)
Micropteron bidens Malm, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Micropteron sowerbiensis Van Beneden, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nodus dalei Gray, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804 · unaccepted (basionym)
Ziphius sowerbiensis Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804) Sowerby, J. (1804). Extracts from the Minute-Book of the Linean Society. <em>Transactions of the Linnaean Society, London.</em> 7: 310., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756528 [details]
Note Brodie House, Elginshire, Scotland, U.K.
From editor or global species database
Type locality Brodie House, Elginshire, Scotland, U.K. [details]
Distribution North Atlantic (Eastern and Western), including North sea; considered rare in Canadian waters
Distribution North Atlantic (Eastern and Western), including North sea; considered rare in Canadian waters [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137121 on 2024-11-21
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(of Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804) Sowerby, J. (1804). Extracts from the Minute-Book of the Linean Society. <em>Transactions of the Linnaean Society, London.</em> 7: 310., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756528 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [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]
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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype "A stranded male, skull only preserved, originally in Sowerby's museum [,]now in the museum of the University of Oxford; collected 1800 by Mr. James Brodie" (Hershkovitz, 1966). [details]IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Predators None known. [details]
Type locality Brodie House, Elginshire, Scotland, U.K. [details]
Unreviewed
Diet squid and small fish [details]Dimensions Length: male 18' (5.5 m), female 16 1/2' (5 m), at birth 8' (2.4 m) [details]
Distribution North Atlantic (Eastern and Western), including North sea; considered rare in Canadian waters [details]
Habitat offshore [details]
Habitat also in shelf areas [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | almindelig næbhval | [details] |
| Dutch | spitsdolfijngewone spitssnuitdolfijn | [details] |
| English | Sowerby's beaked whaleNorth Sea beaked whaleNorth Atlantic beaked whale | [details] |
| French | mesoplodon de Sowerbydauphin de Hâvredauphin de Dalebaleine à bec de Sowerby | [details] |
| German | Sowerbys WalFlosser | [details] |
| Icelandic | svinhvalur | [details] |
| Italian | mesoplodonte di Sowerby | [details] |
| Lithuanian | atlantinis dvidantis | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Δίδοντο μεσόπλοδον | [details] |
| Norwegian | spidshvalen | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | spisshvalnordspisshval | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | spisskvalnordspisskval | [details] |
| Russian | ремнезуб атлантическийremnezub soverbiatlanticheski remhezub | [details] |
| Slovenian | sowerbyjev dvozob | [details] |
| Spanish | zifio de Sowerbyballenato de hoccico de Sowerby | [details] |
| Swedish | Sowerbys näbbval | [details] |
| Ukrainian | кит СовербиАтлантичний ремнезуб | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diodon sowerbaei Bell, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Aodon dalei Lesson, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon sowerbensis Gervais, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ziphius sowerbiensis Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Delphinus sowerbensis Blainville, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (186 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus sowerbi Eschricht, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Diodon sowerbyi Lesson, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Micropteron sowerbiensis Van Beneden, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon sowerbiensis J. A. Allen, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Delphinorhynchus micropterus F. Cuvier, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Micropteron bidens Malm, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Delphinus micropterus G. Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Diodon sowerbi Hamilton, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Heterodon dalei Lesson, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) (from synonym Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Delphinus micropteron Tomilin, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Delphinus sowerbyi Desmarest, 1822)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon bidens)
To GenBank (2837 nucleotides; 71 proteins) (from synonym Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diodon sowerbaei Bell, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Aodon dalei Lesson, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon sowerbensis Gervais, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ziphius sowerbiensis Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Delphinus sowerbensis Blainville, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (186 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus sowerbi Eschricht, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Diodon sowerbyi Lesson, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Micropteron sowerbiensis Van Beneden, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon sowerbiensis J. A. Allen, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Delphinorhynchus micropterus F. Cuvier, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Micropteron bidens Malm, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Delphinus micropterus G. Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Diodon sowerbi Hamilton, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Heterodon dalei Lesson, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) (from synonym Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Delphinus micropteron Tomilin, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Delphinus sowerbyi Desmarest, 1822)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon bidens)
To GenBank (2837 nucleotides; 71 proteins) (from synonym Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804)
To PESI
To ITIS
