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Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)

Catalog Data

Bay/Sound:
Tyrrhenian Sea  Search this
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea  Search this
Length - Total:
125 cm
Sex:
Male
Place:
Sapri, Italy, Europe, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
22 Apr 2006
Notes:
Nicola Maio, F. P., Fabio Di Nocera, Esterina De Carlo & Giorgio Galiero (2012). "Cetacei spiaggiati lungo le coste della Campania dal 2006 al 2011 (Mammalia: Cetacea)." Atti della Societ Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 153(2): 241-255. Abstract- Cetaceans stranded a long the coasts ofCampania Region (Mammalia: Cetacea). Report 2006-20Il. In the present work we report the records of the Cetacean specimens which were found stranded, beached or incidentally caught a long the coasts of Campanian Region during the period 2006-20 l l. The data were collected thanks to a scientifìc research collaboration between the University Federico II ofNaples, the "Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno", the "Centro Studi Cetacei" and the "Centro Studi Ecosistemi Marini", this collaboration was signed in the 2008 with an agreement protocol finalized to the rationalization of the resources and the competences about to actions on the stranded Cetaceans along the Campanian coasts. In the 2009 the Health Department of the Campania Region published an ordinance finalized to "the constitution ofthe Regional Coordination Council for the execution of the agreement protocol of the intervention in case of stranded Cetaceans" composed by the cited Institutions, the coastal "AA.SS.LL.", the Coast Direction ofNaples and the "A.R.P.A.C." with the goal to approve the guide lines conceming the operative procedures to use in case offinding dead Cetaceans. From 2006 were collected data conceming 73 specimens belonging at least to 6 species. hese included: 1 Balaenoptera acutorostrata; 4 Balaenoptera physalus; 2 Grampus griseus; l Delphinus delphis; 9 Tursiops truncatus; 40 Stenella coeruleoalba; I0 unidentified Delphinids and 6 unidentified Cetaceans. We al so report the first documented case of Erysipelas rhusiopathiae diagnosed in Striped Dolphin and in mainland Italy.
Record Last Modified:
8 Dec 2017
Specimen Count:
1
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinidae
Published Name:
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR22210
See more items in:
Vertebrate Zoology
Mammals
Data Source:
NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39c0702af-a554-4e21-aa81-c2f836c8c76b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhvz_13774570