WoRMS taxon details
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885
254991 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254991)
accepted
Species
Mesoplodon bowdoini Nishiwaki, 1962 · unaccepted (misidentification)
Nodus stejnegeri Moore, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
True, F. W. (1885). Contributions to the history of the Commander Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 1885:584--585. [details]
Note Bering Island, Bering Sea, Siberia, Russian...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bering Island, Bering Sea, Siberia, Russian Federation. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254991 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
True, F. W. (1885). Contributions to the history of the Commander Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 1885:584--585. [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
Ecology
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] 
Other
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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype Skull of juvenile, without mandible, in U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, no. 21112, collected by L. Stejneger in 1883. [details]IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Type locality Bering Island, Bering Sea, Siberia, Russian Federation. [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat cold temperate and subarctic, oceanic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Aleut | kigan-agaliusiak | [details] |
| English | Stejneger's beaked whalesaber-toothed beaked whaleBering Sea beaked whale | [details] |
| French | mesoplodon de Stejnegerbaleine à bec de Stejneger | [details] |
| Japanese | オウギハクジラougiha-kuzira | [details] |
| Korean | keun-ippal-buri-gorae | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Μεσόπλοδον του Στέινεγκερ | [details] |
| Russian | remnezub steinegeramalyi plavunkomandorskii remnezub | [details] |
| Spanish | zifio de Stejnegerballena picuda de Stejneger | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nodus stejnegeri Moore, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon bowdoini Nishiwaki, 1962)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon bowdoini) (from synonym Mesoplodon bowdoini Nishiwaki, 1962)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon stejnegeri)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Mesoplodon bowdoini Nishiwaki, 1962)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nodus stejnegeri Moore, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon bowdoini Nishiwaki, 1962)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon bowdoini) (from synonym Mesoplodon bowdoini Nishiwaki, 1962)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon stejnegeri)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Mesoplodon bowdoini Nishiwaki, 1962)
To ITIS
