Taxonomy Profile: Delphinus delphis ponticus (Barabash 1935)

Delphinus delphis ponticus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Subspecies
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Black Sea common dolphin []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Delphinus delphis ponticus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Cetacea
cetaceans |
whales |
dolphins |
marine mammals |
porpoises |
baleia |
cetáceo |
golfinho |
baleines |
cétacés |
dauphins |
mammfères marins |
marsouins |
Suborder : Odontoceti
toothed whales |
Family : Delphinidae
dolphins |
killer whales |
pilot whales |
marine dolphins |
Genus : Delphinus
common dolphins |
Species : Delphinus delphis
saddle-backed dolphin |
common dolphin |
Short-beaked Common Dolphin |
short-beaked saddle-backed dolphin |
Short-beaked Saddleback Dolphin |
Delfín común |
Subspecies : Delphinus delphis ponticus
Black Sea common dolphin |
Delphinus delphis ponticus Direct Children(s):
Delphinus delphis ponticus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Dr. James G. Mead
Notes:
Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Delphinus delphis ponticus
Source(s):
Source:
List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies
Acquired:
2019-04-16
Notes:
Committee on Taxonomy. 2018. List of marine mammal species and subspecies. Society for Marine Mammalogy, www.marinemammalscience.org, consulted on 16 April 2019
Reference for:
Delphinus delphis ponticus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Rice, Dale W.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4
Page(s):
ix + 231
Publisher:
The Society for Marine Mammalogy
Publication Place:
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-891276-03-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Delphinus delphis ponticus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hershkovitz, Philip
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1966-01-01 / 1966-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Catalog of Living Whales
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
United States National Museum Bulletin, no. 246
Page(s):
viii + 259
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7869872
Reference for:
Delphinus delphis ponticus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Order Cetacea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1
Page(s):
723-743
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Delphinus delphis ponticus
Delphinus delphis ponticus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Eastern Atlantic Ocean
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Delphinus delphis ponticus: Comments
Comment:
Mead (email of 28-Oct-2008) says "treat Delphinus delphis ponticus [...] as a valid subspecies on zoogeographic and morphologic grounds. The biochemical basis is equivocal"