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.
Joy E Stanistreet, Laura Joan Feyrer
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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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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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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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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.
Daniel P. Costa +2 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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Whale fall chemosymbiotic communities in a southwest Australian submarine canyon fill a distributional gap [PDF]
HeliyonA whale fall community of chemosymbiotic invertebrates living on cetacean bones has been identified off southwestern Australia during a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) survey at bathyal depths within the Bremer Marine Park, which is part of important ...
Marco Taviani +7 more
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Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringBeaked whales are a cryptic pelagic species, rarely sighted at sea. In a ~2.5-year passive acoustic monitoring program on Australia’s Northwest Shelf, a variety of marine mammal sounds were detected, including beaked whale (Ziphiidae) clicks.
Evgenii Sidenko +2 more
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Ocean-wide genomic variation in Gray's beaked whales, Mesoplodon grayi [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 The deep oceans of the Southern Hemisphere are home to several elusive and poorly studied marine megafauna. In the absence of robust observational data for these species, genetic data can aid inferences on population connectivity, demography and ecology.
M. V. Westbury +8 more
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