WoRMS taxon details
Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958
231407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231407)
accepted
Species
Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957 · unaccepted (misidentification)
Mesoplodon densirostris Ogawa, 1938 · unaccepted (misidentification)
marine, terrestrial
Nishiwaki, M. and T. Kamiya. (1958). A beaked whale <i>Mesoplodon</i> stranded at Oiso Beach, Japan. The Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute, Tokyo 13:53--83, pl. 1--17. [details]
Note Oiso Beach, Sagami Bay, near Tokyo, Japan.
From editor or global species database
Type locality Oiso Beach, Sagami Bay, near Tokyo, Japan. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231407 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Nishiwaki, M. and T. Kamiya. (1958). A beaked whale <i>Mesoplodon</i> stranded at Oiso Beach, Japan. The Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute, Tokyo 13:53--83, pl. 1--17. [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
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]
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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype Stranded animal; entire skeleton preserved, National Science Museum, Tokyo, no. 08744; collected Sept. 23, 1957. [details]IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Type locality Oiso Beach, Sagami Bay, near Tokyo, Japan. [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat temperate to tropical water, oceanic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | almindelig næbhval [from synonym] | [details] |
| Dutch | Japanse spitssnuitdolfijn | [details] |
| English | Sowerby's beaked whale [from synonym]Japanese beaked whaleginkgo-toothed beaked whalegingko-toothed whale | [details] |
| French | mesoplodon Japonaisbaleine à bec de Nishiwaki | [details] |
| Japanese | イチョウハクジラichoha kujira | [details] |
| Korean | eunhaeng-ippal-buri-gorae | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Δίδοντο μεσόπλοδον [from synonym] | [details] |
| Polish | dziobowal dwuzębny [from synonym] | [details] |
| Russian | ginkozubyi remnezub | [details] |
| Sinhala | hotaulal | [details] |
| Spanish | zifio Japonésballenato hocicudo de Sowerby [from synonym]ballena picuda Japonesaballena picuda de dientes de ginkgo | [details] |
| Thai | plawan fan song si | [details] |
| Turkish | Sowerbi iki dişli balinası [from synonym]Soverby iki dişli balinası [from synonym] | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Ремнезуб атлантичний [from synonym] | [details] |
| Welsh | morfil gylfinog Sowerby [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) (from synonym Mesoplodon densirostris Ogawa, 1938)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (186 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon densirostris Ogawa, 1938)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon bidens) (from synonym Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon densirostris) (from synonym Mesoplodon densirostris Ogawa, 1938)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon ginkgodens)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) (from synonym Mesoplodon densirostris Ogawa, 1938)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (186 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon densirostris Ogawa, 1938)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon bidens) (from synonym Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon densirostris) (from synonym Mesoplodon densirostris Ogawa, 1938)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon ginkgodens)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mesoplodon bidens Nishiwaki, 1957)
To ITIS
