Rough-toothed dolphin  (Steno bredanensis)

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Glossary

  • Algae: simple plants that lack roots, stems and leaves but contain the green pigment chlorophyll. Most occur in marine and freshwater habitats.
  • Cephalopods: from the Greek for ‘head-foot’, a class of molluscs that occur only in marine habitats. All species have grasping tentacles, and either an internal or external shell. Includes nautiloids, cuttlefish, squids, octopuses, and extinct ammonites and belemnites.
  • Dorsal fin: the unpaired fin found on the back of the body of fish, or the raised structure on the back of most cetaceans.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (June, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Jefferson, T.A. (2002) Rough-toothed dolphin. In: Perrin, W.F., Würsig, B. and Thewissen, J.G.M. (Eds) Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals.Academic Press, London.
  3. CITES (October, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Jefferson, T.A., Leatherwood, S. and Webber, M.A. (1992) FAO Species Identification Guide. Marine Mammals of the World.FAO, Rome.
  5. Klinowska, M. and Cooke, J. (1991) Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book.IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
  6. Reeves, R.R., Smith, B.D., Crespo, E.A. and Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. (2003) Dolphins, Whales and Porpoises: 2002–2010 Conservation Action Plan for the World’s Cetaceans.IUCN/SSC Cetacean Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
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