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Delphinidae (dolphins)

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Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Scientific Name Delphinidae
Taxonomic Rank Family
Original Description Gray, 1821
Scientific Synonyms (since 1950)
Common Name
dolphins
All Common Names English: pilot whales, marine dolphins, killer whales, dolphins
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Mammalia
        Subclass: Theria
          Infraclass: Eutheria
            Order: Cetacea
              Suborder: Odontoceti
Taxonomic Children Genus: Cephalorhynchus
Genus: Delphinus
Genus: Feresa
Genus: Globicephala
Genus: Grampus
Genus: Lagenodelphis
Genus: Lagenorhynchus
Genus: Lissodelphis
Genus: Orcaella
Genus: Orcinus
Genus: Peponocephala
Genus: Pseudorca
Genus: Sotalia
Genus: Sousa
Genus: Stenella
Genus: Steno
Genus: Tursiops
Taxonomic # 180415
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Map of OBIS-SEAMAP Data Points

Existing observations across multiple datasets within OBIS-SEAMAP are indicated with red points.
Species distributions (pink background polygon if present) were digitized by Kristin Kaschner as part of the Sea Around Us Project predominantly from Jefferson et al (1993).

Reference
Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood, and M.A. Webber. 1993. FAO species identification guide. Marine mammals of the world. Rome, FAO. 1993.320. p. 587 figs.

Relevant OBIS-SEAMAP Datasets (# sets: 47)
2008 UNCW Right Whale Aerial Surveys
Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation On-transect Sightings
Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation Opportunistic Sightings
Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation Strandings
BLM Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program (CETAP) AIR Sightings
BLM Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program (CETAP) OPP Sightings
BLM Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program (CETAP) SHIP Sightings
Cetaceans in the Southern Indian Ocean 2004
DUML Vessel-Based Surveys for monitoring of proposed Oslow Bay USWTR site
European Seabirds at Sea - JNCC All Trips
Harbor Porpoise Survey 1991 (AJ91-02)
Harbor Porpoise Survey 1992 (AJ92-01)
Hatteras Eddy Cruise 2004
Indian Ocean Marine Bird and Mammal Survey, 2003
Indian Ocean Marine Bird and Mammal Survey, 2004
Joint Deepwater Systematics and Marine Mammal Survey
Marine Mammal Abundance Survey - Leg 1
Marine Mammal Survey PE 95-02
NEFSC 1995 AJ9501 (Part I)
NEFSC Aerial Circle-Back Abundance Survey 2004
NEFSC Aerial Survey - Experimental 2002
NEFSC Aerial Survey - Summer 1995
NEFSC Aerial Survey - Summer 1998
NEFSC aj9902
NEFSC Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Abundance Survey 2004
NEFSC Survey 1997
NEFSC Survey 1998 1
NEFSC Survey 1998 2
NOAA Atlantic Cetacean Survey 1999; Sightings
NOAA Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Survey 1992; Sightings
NOAA Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Survey 1994; Sightings
NOAA Oceanic Gulf of Mexico Cetacean Survey 1997; Sightings
NOAA Oceanic Gulf of Mexico Cetacean Survey 1999; Sightings
PIROP Northwest Atlantic
Sargasso cruise 2005 - cetacean sightings
SEFSC Caribbean Survey 2000 (6)
SMRU Small Cetacean Abundance in the North Sea (SCANS), 1994
Summer 2004 and Winter 2005 Cape Hatteras
Summer Marine Mammal Survey 1995 (AJ-95-01 Part II)
UNCW Aerial Survey 98-99
UNCW Aerial Surveys for monitoring of proposed Oslow Bay USWTR site - Left side -
UNCW Aerial Surveys for monitoring of proposed Oslow Bay USWTR site - Right side -
UNCW Marine Mammal Aerial Surveys 2006-2007
UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings, Southeastern US 1998-1999
UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings, Southeastern US 2001
UNCW Marine Mammal Sightings, Southeastern US 2002
UNCW Right Whale Aerial Survey 05-06

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