Mesoplodon eueu
E. L. Carroll, McGowen, M. L. McCarthy, Marx, Aguilar, Dalebout, S. Dreyer, Gaggiotti, S. S. Hansen, van Helden, Onoufriou, R. W. Baird, C. S. Baker, Berrow, Cholewiak, Claridge, Constantine, N. J. Davison, Eira, Fordyce, Gatesy, Hofmeyr, Martín, Mead, Mignucci-Giannoni, Morin, C. Reyes, Rogan, Rosso, M. A. Silva, Springer, Steel, & M. T. Olsen, 2021
Ramari's Beaked Whale
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Artiodactyla |
| Suborder | : Whippomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Cetacea |
| Parvorder | : Odontoceti |
| Superfamily | : Ziphioidea |
| Family | : Ziphiidae |
| Genus | : Mesoplodon |
Species status
Authority citation
Carroll, E.L., McGowen, M.R., McCarthy, M.L., Marx, F.G., Aguilar, N., Dalebout, M.L., Dreyer, S., Gaggiotti, O.E., Hansen, S.S., van Helden, A., Onoufriou, A.B., Baird, R.W., Baker, C.S., Berrow, S., Cholewiak, D., Claridge, D., Constantine, R., Davison, N.J., Eira, C., Fordyce, R.E., Gatesy, J., Hofmeyr, G.J.G., Martín, V., Mead, J.G., Mignucci-Giannoni, A.A., Morin, P.A., Reyes, C., Rogan, E., Rosso, M., Silva, M.A., Springer, M.S., Steel, D. and Olsen, M.T. 2021-10-27. Speciation in the deep: genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale _Mesoplodon eueu_. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288(1961):20211213.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1213Original name as described
Mesoplodon eueu
Type material
NMNZ MM003000
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Waiatoto Spit, South Westland, Aotearoa New Zealand."
Biogeographic realm
Marine
Country distribution
South Africa · Australia · New Zealand · Argentina?
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Carroll, E. L., McGowen, M. R., McCarthy, M. L., Marx, F. G., Aguilar, N., Dalebout, M. L., Dreyer, S., Gaggiotti, O. E., Hansen, S. S., van Helden, A., Onoufriou, A. B., Baird, R. W., Baker, C. S., Berrow, S., Cholewiak, D., Claridge, D., Constantine, R., Davison, N. J., Eira, C., Fordyce, R. E., Gatesy, J., Hofmeyr, G. J. G., Martín, V., Mead, J. G., Mignucci-Giannoni, A. A., Morin, P. A., Reyes, C., Rogan, E., Rosso, M., Silva, M. A., Spinger, M. S., Steel, D., & Olsen, M. T. (2021). Speciation in the deep: genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon eueu. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1961), 20211213.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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