Taxonomy Profile: Stenella attenuata (Gray 1846)

Stenella attenuata: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Stenella dubia
G Cuvier 1812
Delphinus dubius
G Cuvier 1812
Steno attenuatus
Gray 1846
Common Name(s):
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin []
Delfín moteado []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Stenella attenuata: 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 : Stenella
spotted dolphins |
spinner dolphins |
striped dolphins |
Species : Stenella attenuata
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin |
Delfín moteado |
Stenella attenuata Direct Children(s):
Stenella attenuata: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Dr. James G. Mead
Notes:
Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Stenella attenuata
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Stenella attenuata
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Stenella attenuata
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:
Stenella attenuata
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Stenella attenuata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Stenella attenuata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Stenella attenuata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-01-01 / 1999-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
Page(s):
xxv + 750
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-845-2/
Notes:
Reference for:
Stenella attenuata
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:
Stenella attenuata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Perrin, William F.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2001-12-26 / 2001-12-26
Article/Chapter Title:
Stenella attenuata
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammalian Species, no. 683
Page(s):
1-8
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0076-3519
Notes:
Reference for:
Stenella attenuata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Perrin, W. F., E. D. Mitchell, J. G. Mead, D. K. Caldwell, M. C. Caldwell, P. J. H. van Bree, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-04-01 / 1987-04-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Revision of the spotted dolphins, Stenella spp.
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Marine Mammal Science, vol. 3, no. 2
Page(s):
99-170
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0824-0469
Notes:
Reference for:
Stenella attenuata
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:
Stenella attenuata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1991-09-30 / 1991-09-30
Article/Chapter Title:
Opinion 1660: Steno attenuatus Gray, 1846 (currently Stenella attenuata; Mammalia, Cetacea): specific name conserved
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 48, part 3
Page(s):
277-278
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0007-5167
Notes:
Reference for:
Stenella attenuata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Perrin, William F.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1990-03-27 / 1990-03-27
Article/Chapter Title:
Case 2717: Steno attenuatus Gray, 1846 (currently Stenella attenuata; Mammalia, Cetacea): proposed conservation of the specific name
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 47, part 1
Page(s):
32-37
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0007-5167
Notes:
Reference for:
Stenella attenuata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2018-01-01 / 2018-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition
Page(s):
xxxi + 1157
Publisher:
Elsevier
Publication Place:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
978-0-12-8043271/
Notes:
Species and classification provided on pages xxix-xxxi
Reference for:
Stenella attenuata
Stenella attenuata: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
East Pacific
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Alaska / Native
Stenella attenuata: Comments
Comment:
Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Lower Risk (cd)
Comment:
Comments: Perrin et al. (1987) revised this species. D. dubius is a nomen nudum [sic dubium] (Perrin et al., 1987). Opinion 1660 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1991) conserved attenuatus Gray, 1846 and suppressed velox Cuvier, 1829, pseudodelphis Schlegel, 1841, and brevimanus Wagner, 1846. Rice (1998:108) recognized Stenella attenuata subspecies A of Perrin (1975) (Eastern Tropical Pacific Offshore Spotted Porpoise), S. a. subspecies B of Perrin (1975) (Hawaiian Spotted ...