NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Hyperoodontidae
  Suborder - Odontoceti
  Order - Cetacea
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mesoplodon hectori
      Species - Mesoplodon mirus
      Species - Mesoplodon europaeus
      Species - Mesoplodon ginkgodens
      Species - Mesoplodon grayi
      Species - Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
      Species - Mesoplodon bowdoini
      Species - Mesoplodon stejnegeri
      Species - Mesoplodon bidens
      Species - Mesoplodon layardii
      Species - Mesoplodon densirostris
      Species - Mesoplodon peruvianus
      Species - Mesoplodon traversii
      Species - Mesoplodon perrini
      Species - Mesoplodon hotaula