Mesoplodon Gervais 1850 Mesoplodon Gervais 1850, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser. 3, 14: 16. Type Species: Delphinus sowerbensis de Blainville 1817 Synonyms: Aodon Lesson 1828; Dioplodon Gervais 1850; Dolichodon Gray 1866; Micropteron Eschricht 1849; Micropterus Wagner 1846; Mikropteron Hershkovitz 1961; Oulodon von Haast 1876; Nodus Wagler 1830; Paikea Oliver 1922. Species and subspecies: 14 species: Species Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby 1804) Species Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews 1908 Species Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore 1963 Species Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville 1817) Species Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais 1855 Species Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya 1958 Species Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast 1876 Species Mesoplodon hectori Gray 1871 Species Mesoplodon layardii Gray 1865 Species Mesoplodon mirus True 1913 Species Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout et al. 2002 Species Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead, and Van Waerebeek 1991 Species Mesoplodon stejnegeri True 1885 Species Mesoplodon traversii Gray 1873 Discussion: Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850 and Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804 were conserved; Nodus, Micropteron, and Mikropteron were suppressed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1985 b).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, pp. 723-743 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 740, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519