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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
Blainville
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean
Sex:
Unknown
Type Status:
Type
Type Citation:
de Blainville, H. M. 1817. Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., 9. 178.
Place:
Locality Unknown, France ?, Europe ?, North Atlantic Ocean
Taxonomy:
Animalia Animalia Animalia Chordata Chordata Chordata Mammalia Mammalia Mammalia Cetacea Cetacea Cetacea Ziphiidae Ziphiidae Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Mesoplodon densirostris densirostris
Delphinus densirostris de Blainville, 1817
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
Other Number : CAC A.3552
USNM Number:
STR2300
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
5 Dec 2012
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
South Pacific Ocean
Sex:
Male
Place:
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia, Australia, South Pacific Ocean
Collection Date:
1869
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR2467
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
7 Jul 2011
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
John R. Henderson
W. G. Gilmartin
G. Peterson
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Pacific Ocean
Preparation:
Skull
Sex:
Male
Place:
Laysan Island, SW Corner Of Island, Adjacent To W End Of High Rocky Beach, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, North Pacific Ocean
Collection Date:
Apr 1983
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Accession Number:
364880
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : JRH 236
Other Number : STR05204
USNM Number:
550452
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
25 Mar 2010
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
J. G. Mead
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean
Preparation:
Skull
Skeleton
Anatomical
Tissue
Fluid
Anatomical
Other
Remarks:
----ss
Fetus of USNM 504217
Skeletal (Pelvic bones), Reproductive (Ovary)
Stomach Contents, Parasite (Cestodes)
Sex:
Female
Place:
Hatteras Island, North Of Buxton, 1.8 Mi N Of Ramp 22, Dare, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
4 Mar 1975
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Accession Number:
310180
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : JGM 137
SI Negative Number : JM 440:17
SI Negative Number : JM 441
SI Negative Number : JM 442
USNM Number:
504217
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
25 Mar 2010
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
J. G. Mead
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean, Delaware Bay
Bay/Sound:
Delaware Bay
Preparation:
Skull
Sex:
Male
Place:
Leipsic River, 1 Mile North Of The River Mouth., Kent, Delaware, United States, North America, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
27 Mar 1980
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Accession Number:
341488
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : JGM 418
Other Number : SEAN5106
SI Negative Number : 83-15946 D
SI Negative Number : 83-15947 V
SI Negative Number : 83-15948 L
SI Negative Number : 83-15945 P
SI Negative Number : 83-15942ML
SI Negative Number : 83-15943MV
SI Negative Number : 83-15944MD
SI Negative Number : 01-8449 A
SI Negative Number : 01-8451 MA
SI Negative Number : 01-8453 MP
SI Negative Number : 83-15943
SI Negative Number : 83-15944
SI Negative Number : 83-15946
SI Negative Number : 83-15947
SI Negative Number : 83-15948
USNM Number:
504950
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
25 Mar 2010
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Indian Ocean
Sex:
Unknown
Type Status:
Type
Type Citation:
Gray, J. E. 1846. Zoology Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Erebus And Terror, 1 (Mammalia). 28, fig. 1-2, pl. 6.
Place:
Locality Unknown, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
Collection Date:
1839
Taxonomy:
Animalia Animalia Animalia Chordata Chordata Chordata Mammalia Mammalia Mammalia Cetacea Cetacea Cetacea Ziphiidae Ziphiidae Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Mesoplodon densirostris sechellensis
Ziphius sechellensis Gray, 1846
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
Other Number : CAC A.3551
Other Number : CAG B II/219
USNM Number:
STR1125
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
20 Sep 2011
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A stranding of Mesoplodon densirostris in Tasmania

Author:
Guiler, E. R
Type:
Citations
Date:
1966
Topic:
Dense-beaked whale
Blainville's beaked whale
Distribution
Stranding ?? Stranding forms
Taxonomy:
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Ziphiidae--Mesoplodon--densirostris
Published in:
Journal of Mammalogy, 47(2):327
Data Source:
Marine Mammals Bibliography
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First record of Mesoplodon densirostris from Formosa

Author:
Kasuya, T
Nishiwaki, M
Type:
Citations
Date:
1971
Topic:
Whaling
Catches
Dense-beaked whale
Blainville's beaked whale
Morphology--External morphology
External morphology--External photographs
External photographs
External morphology--External morphometrics
External morphometrics
Distribution
Coloration
Reproductions
Osteology
Taxonomy:
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Ziphiidae
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Ziphiidae--Mesoplodon--densirostris
Published in:
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute, Tokyo, 23:129- 137
Data Source:
Marine Mammals Bibliography
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Vaginal fibromas in a beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris

Author:
Flom J. G
Brown, R. J
Jones R. E
Schonewald, J
Type:
Citations
Date:
1980
Topic:
Dense-beaked whale
Blainville's beaked whale
Pathology
Histology
Taxonomy:
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Ziphiidae--Mesoplodon--densirostris
Published in:
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 16(1):99-102
Data Source:
Marine Mammals Bibliography
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First record of Mesoplodon densirostris (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) from Rhode Island

Author:
Nawojchik, R
Type:
Citations
Date:
1994
Topic:
Dense-beaked whale
Blainville's beaked whale
Stranding ?? Stranding forms
Distribution
Taxonomy:
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Ziphiidae--Mesoplodon--densirostris
Published in:
Marine Mammal Science, 10(4):477-480
Data Source:
Marine Mammals Bibliography
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Indian Ocean
Preparation:
Skull
Sex:
Male
Place:
Poivre, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR5958
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
25 Apr 2013
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Indian Ocean
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa, Indian Ocean
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR1138
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
24 May 2007
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
H. C. Yang
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Pacific Ocean
Preparation:
Skull
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Locality Unknown, Formosa, Taiwan, Asia, North Pacific Ocean
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : TK 467
USNM Number:
NSMT24936
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
11 Apr 2011
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Indian Ocean
Sex:
Male
Place:
Locality Unknown, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
Collection Date:
Jun 1963
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR1131
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
24 May 2007
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Indian Ocean
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Trou Aux Biches, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Indian Ocean
Collection Date:
8 Aug 1969
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR2469
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
24 May 2007
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Indian Ocean
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Tombeau Bay, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Indian Ocean
Collection Date:
22 Feb 1973
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR2470
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
24 May 2007
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
La Gomera, Off La Gomera., Canary Islands, North Atlantic Ocean
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR12398
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
24 May 2007
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
South Pacific Ocean
Preparation:
Photograph
Sex:
Female
Place:
Saint-Louis, Grande Terre, New Caledonia, South Pacific Ocean
Collection Date:
7 Jun 2001
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No number
USNM Number:
STR15159
Specimen Count:
1
Notes:
Photos, no skull - Dalebout did DNA.
Borsa, Philippe and Daniel Robineau (2005). "Blainville’s Beaked Whale in New Caledonia." Pacific Science 59(3): 467–472. Abstract: Blainville’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) was positively identified in the waters around New Caledonia from two strandings, one live sighting, and two rostra collected from the seafloor. This is the only species of Ziphiidae reported so far from the New Caledonian archipelago and adjacent waters.
Record Last Modified:
26 Feb 2013
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
R. Hays
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean
Preparation:
Photograph
Sex:
Male
Place:
Madiera, Off South Coast., Madeira Island, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
4 Aug 1993
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR10714
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
25 Apr 2013
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Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)

Collector:
Todd Pusser
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean
Preparation:
Photograph
Remarks:
1 slide
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Tilloo Cay, 3 Miles East Of Tilloo Cay., Bahamas, North America, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
2 Jul 1995
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
SI Negative Number : YES
USNM Number:
STR12253
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
26 Apr 2013
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