Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871)

NZOR Identifier: 40d5746e-be97-4bb8-92f6-23f8be19d66d

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id 1eb2b60f-0da2-42b2-905c-4be7795c5317)

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
subphylum
Craniata
superclass
Gnathostomata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
suborder
Odontoceti
family
Ziphiidae
genus
Mesoplodon
species
Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871)

Providers

Biostatus

Geo Schema
Political Region
Geo Region
New Zealand
Biome
Marine
Environmental Context
Wild
Occurrence
Present
Origin
Indigenous

Scientific Name

Authority
Gray
Rank
species
Year
1871
Nomenclatural Comment
Marine
Governing Code
ICZN
Is Recombination
Yes

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
1eb2b60f-0da2-42b2-905c-4be7795c5317
According to
NZIB (2012-) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Name Based Concepts
Has Parent
Mesoplodon (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871) (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
0cb7ac91-5ea1-4c48-a388-c4ff58a2938a
According to
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicol, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, R.; Macadie, I., Compiled by King, C.M.; Baker, A.M.; Fordyce, R.E. 24: Phylum CHORDATA: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, Living and Holocene mammals and extinct non-marine mammals. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1.
Preferred Name
Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871) }

No subordinate taxa

Application - has vernacular

Full Name
Hector's beaked whale
Name Id
abe01c72-e853-44bf-96ae-db5893d84ada
According To
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicol, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, R.; Macadie, I., Compiled by King, C.M.; Baker, A.M.; Fordyce, R.E. 24: Phylum CHORDATA: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, Living and Holocene mammals and extinct non-marine mammals. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1.

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