Common Names
Common Names in English:
Eastern Spinner Dolphin
Description
Family Delphinidae
The family Delphinidae has been called a 'taxonomic trash basket', because many small to medium-sized odontocetes of various forms have been lumped together in this group for centuries. Consequentely, the so-called delphinids are diverse in form. They range in size from 1 to 1.88 m dolphins of the genera Sotalia and Cephalorhynchus, to the killer whale , in which males can reach lengths of at least 9.8 m. However, most delphinids share the following characteristics: a marine habitat , a noticeable beak , conical teeth, and a large falcate dorsal fin set near the middle of the back. There are exceptions to everyone of these rules , except the presence of basically conical teeth.
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,083 meters (0 to -16,677 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Cetartiodactyla
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Cetacea
()
- (Brisson, 1762) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraorder:
Autoceta
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Parvorder:
Odontoceti
()
- (Flower, 1869) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Delphinoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Flower, 1864
- Family:
Delphinidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- dolphins, killer whales, marine dolphins, pilot whales
- Subfamily:
Delphininae
()
- Genus:
Stenella
()
- (Gray, 1866)
- Specific name:
longirostris
- Scientific name: - Stenella longirostris orientalis
- Specific name:
longirostris
- Genus:
Stenella
(
- Subfamily:
Delphininae
(
- Family:
Delphinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Delphinoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Odontoceti
(
- Infraorder:
Autoceta
(
- Suborder:
Cetacea
(
- Order:
Cetartiodactyla
(
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Stenella
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. attenuata (Eastern Pacific Coastal Spotted Porpoise) · S. attenuata attenuata (Pantropical Spotted Dolphin) · S. attenuata graffmani (Coastal Spotted Dolphin) · S. clymene (Short-Snouted Spinner Dolphin) · S. coeruleoalba (Blue-White Dolphin) · S. euphrosyne (Eastern Lowland Gorilla) · S. frontalis (Atlantic Spotted Dolphin) · S. longirostris (Pantropical Spinner Dolphin) · S. longirostris centroamerica (Long-Snouted Spinner Dolphin) · (Eastern Spinner Dolphin)
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Notes
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2721540
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-612612
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13738441
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 612612
- IUCN ID: 57617
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 496936
Footnotes
- Mean = -3,270.170 meters (-10,728.904 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,041.320 based on 390 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
