Navigating the unknown: assessing anthropogenic threats to beaked whales, family Ziphiidae [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceThis review comprehensively evaluates the impacts of anthropogenic threats on beaked whales (Ziphiidae)—a taxonomic group characterized by cryptic biology, deep dives and remote offshore habitat, which have challenged direct scientific observation.
Laura Joan Feyrer, Joy E Stanistreet
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Using Energetic Models to Investigate the Survival and Reproduction of Beaked Whales (family Ziphiidae) [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Mass stranding of several species of beaked whales (family Ziphiidae) associated with exposure to anthropogenic sounds has raised concern for the conservation of these species.
Samantha E Simmons
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Morphological Structure of the Aortic Wall in Deep Diving Cetacean Species: Evidence for Diving Adaptation [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2022 This study analyses the aortic wall structure in nine cetacean species with deep diving habits belonging to four Odontoceti families: Ziphiidae, Kogiidae, Physteridae, and Delphinidae. Samples of ascending, thoracic and abdominal aorta were processed for
Blanca Mompeó +6 more
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A new specimen of Ziphiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the late Miocene of Denmark with morphological evidence for suction feeding behaviour [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 A new fossil of Ziphiidae from the upper Miocene Gram Formation (ca 9.9–7.2 Ma) is described herein. Computed tomographic scanning of the specimen was performed to visualize the mandibles and to obtain a three-dimensional digital reconstruction.
Benjamin Ramassamy, Henrik Lauridsen
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The genome sequence of True’s beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913 (Artiodactyla: Ziphiidae) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from an individual female Mesoplodon mirus (True’s beaked whale; Chordata; Mammalia; Artiodactyla; Ziphiidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 3 442.40 megabases and 2 956.53 megabases.
Georg Hantke +2 more
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A new Beneziphius beaked whale from the ocean floor off Galicia, Spain and biostratigraphic reassessment of the type species [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2017 Although the fossil record of beaked whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) is continuously improving, the geological age of new taxa is often poorly constrained.
Ismael Miján +2 more
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True’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) in Macaronesia [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 The True’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus, True 1913) is a poorly known member of the Ziphiidae family. Its distribution in the northern hemisphere is thought to be restricted to the temperate or warm temperate waters of the North Atlantic, while a few ...
Natacha Aguilar de Soto +22 more
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The genome sequence of the Northern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from an individual female Hyperoodon ampullatus (the Northern Bottlenose Whale; Chordata; Mammalia; Artiodactyla; Ziphiidae). The genome sequence spans 2,828.70 megabases.
Laura Joan Feyrer, Evelien de Greef
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Molecular characterization of the parasitic nematode genus Crassicauda; larvae parasitic on the firefly squid and adults on beaked whales off the coast of Japan [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2023 The Spirurina type X larvae, which infect firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans), are known to cause cutaneous creeping eruption and intestinal obstruction in humans.
Takashi Kumagai +2 more
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Patterns of cetacean sighting distribution in the Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone of Costa Rica based on data collected from 1979-2001 [PDF]
Revista de Biología Tropical, 2005 Nineteen species of cetaceans (families Balaenopteridae, Kogiidae, Physeteridae, Ziphiidae and Delphinidae) occur in the Costa Rican Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
Laura May-Collado +4 more
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