First record of True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus in New Zealand. (10th January 2014)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- First record of True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus in New Zealand. (10th January 2014)
- Main Title:
- First record of True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus in New Zealand
- Authors:
- Constantine, Rochelle
Carroll, Emma
Stewart, Ramari
Neale, Don
van Helden, Anton - Abstract:
- Abstract : On 27 November 2011, a whale resembling a True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus, was found stranded on the South Island of New Zealand. Sequencing of two mitochondrial regions (cytochrome b and mtDNA control region) confirmed species identification as a True's beaked whale that was genetically identified as female. Further examination of the carcass found that the whale was pregnant although decomposition excluded determination of the age of the foetus. This specimen is confirmed as the first record of the species in New Zealand further supporting New Zealand as a whale stranding hotspot.
- Is Part Of:
- Marine biodiversity records. Volume 7(2014)
- Journal:
- Marine biodiversity records
- Issue:
- Volume 7(2014)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 7, Issue 2014 (2014)
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 7
- Issue:
- 2014
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2014-0007-2014-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2014-01-10
- Subjects:
- True's beaked whale, -- Mesoplodon mirus, -- New Zealand, -- genetic identification
Marine biodiversity -- Periodicals
Marine biology -- Periodicals
578.77 - Journal URLs:
- http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=mbd ↗
http://mbr.biomedcentral.com/ ↗
http://link.springer.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1017/S1755267213001140 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1755-2672
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