Taxon Profile: Mesoplodon layardii
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 25556
- Common Name
- Strap-toothed Beaked Whale, Strap-toothed Whale, Layard's Beaked Whale
- Authority
- (Gray,1865)
- Naming Status
- Currently accepted name
- Status
- Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
See map of extents
- Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.
©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1986
- Catalogue id
- 290B6
- Caption
- Mesoplodon layardii from Herd Island spit Oct 1985. At Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
- Photographer
- Reeves, Robert D (Bob)
Profile
- Source of taxon data
- CAVS
- Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
- CAVS 8.1
on 3-Jun-1994
- Comments
- CAVS 8.1 update:03-JUN-94
- Revised to
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Mesoplodon layardi (Gray, 1865) (Strap-toothed Beaked Whale) Profile
Traits
Species belongs to the following lists - Follow link on List Name to see list of all species.
Type |
List Name |
Description |
Status |
Basis of Record |
Antarctic-wide |
Cetaceans Database - Whales |
Defined list of cetacean species for the Australian coastal regions and the waters of the Australian Antarctic Territory. |
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Derived (from literature) |