DeCS

Descriptor English:

Stenella

Descriptor Spanish:

Stenella

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Stenella
Entry term(s)	delfín listado delfín manchado delfín tornillo
Scope note:	Género formado por los DELFINES tornillo, listado y manchado, de la familia Delphinidae. Los bancos de Stenella, que pueden estar formados por miles de delfines, con frecuencia se asocian a bancos de ATÚN y, por lo tanto, corren el peligro de ser pescados.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Stenella

Descriptor French:

Stenella

Entry term(s):

Dauphin bleu et blanc
Dauphin de Thétis
Dauphin tacheté de l'Atlantique
Dauphin à long bec
Dauphin à long rostre
Stenella coeruleoalba
Stenella frontalis
Stenella longirostris
Stenelles

Tree number(s):

B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.267.750

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D050706

Scope note:

A genus comprised of spinner, spotted, and striped DOLPHINS, in the family Delphinidae. Schools of Stenella, that may number in the thousands, often associate with schools of TUNA, and are thus vulnerable to accidental harvesting.

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CL classification
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PX psychologie
SU chirurgie
UR urine
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

50384

Unique ID:

D050706

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Date Established:

2006/01/01

Date of Entry:

2005/06/30

Revision Date:

2017/07/12