Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758

Description

Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:77.

TYPE LOCALITY: E. North Atlantic ("Oceano Europaeo").

DISTRIBUTION: Temperate and tropical waters of the world; Black Sea.

COMMENT: Includes bairdii; see Van Bree and Purves, 1972, J. Mammal., 53:372-374; Rice, 1977:12. Does not include tropicalis; see Van Bree and Gallagher, 1978, Beaufortia, 28(342):l-8.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411002009002001 as D. delphis.

5301411002009001001 as D. bairdii.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, pp. 290-304 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on pages 291-292, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352983

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Biodiversity

Family
Delphinidae
Genus
Delphinus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Cetacea
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
delphis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • van Bree, P. J. H., and P. E. Purves. 1972. Remarks on the validity of Delphinus bairdii (Cetacea, Delphinidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 53: 372 - 374.
  • Rice, D. W. 1977. A list of the marine mammals of the world. Third ed. NOAA Technical Report, NMFS SSRF- 711: 1 - 15.
  • van Bree, P. J. H., and M. D. Gallagher. 1978. On the taxonomic status of Delphinus tropicalis van Bree 1971 (Notes on Cetacea Delphinoidea IX). Beaufortia, 28 (342): 1 - 8.