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Marine mammal records of Cuba

Dataset homepage

Citation

Whitt, A. 2015. Marine mammal records of Cuba. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1190) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/5xe5wm accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-01.

Description

Original provider: Amy Whitt Dataset credits: Amy Whitt Abstract: There has been very little research on marine mammals in Cuban waters. Much of the information on marine mammals in this region is buried in historical and gray literature. In order to provide a comprehensive account of marine mammal occurrence in Cuba’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), we reviewed and verified 659 published and unpublished sighting, stranding, capture, and tagging records. Eighteen extant species and four genera have confirmed records for Cuban EEZ waters. This includes 17 species of cetaceans (three baleen whales and 14 toothed whales) and one sirenian species. An additional 11 cetacean species and one extant pinniped species have been reported, but not confirmed, or may have the potential to occur in Cuban waters. Historical records of the Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis) are documented in Cuba; however, this species is now considered extinct. The only two species that are seen regularly and considered common in Cuban nearshore waters are the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). Supplemental information: [2018-04-16] Irregular date of 2069-11-09 was corrected to 1969-11-09. The temporal precision varies among records and most of the records do not have times (except those from satellite tag detections). Some of the lat/long had to be estimated because exact locations were not available. For each record, there is a note describing the locations that are exact. As for the estimated lat/long, we estimated some of these just by finding the lat/long of the general location that was mentioned with the record. For some others, we georeferenced the coordinates from old figures of sightings/strandings since the raw data were not available.

Purpose

Not available

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

  1. NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  1. Stenella frontalis
    common name: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin rank: species
  2. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  3. Mesoplodon densirostris
    common name: Blainville's Beaked Whale rank: species
  4. Tursiops truncatus
    common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species
  5. Balaenoptera brydei
    common name: Bryde's whale rank: species
  6. Monachus tropicalis
    common name: Caribbean Monk Seal rank: species
  7. Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    common name: Minke Whale rank: species
  8. Ziphius cavirostris
    common name: Cuvier's Beaked Whale rank: species
  9. Kogia sima
    common name: Dwarf Sperm Whale rank: species
  10. Pseudorca crassidens
    common name: False Killer Whale rank: species
  11. Balaenoptera physalus
    common name: Fin Whale rank: species
  12. Mesoplodon europaeus
    common name: Gervais' Beaked Whale rank: species
  13. Globicephala
    common name: pilot whales rank: genus
  14. Megaptera novaeangliae
    common name: Humpback Whale rank: species
  15. Orcinus orca
    common name: Killer Whale rank: species
  16. Kogia
    common name: pygmy sperm whales rank: genus
  17. Stenella attenuata
    common name: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin rank: species
  18. Kogia breviceps
    common name: Pygmy Sperm Whale rank: species
  19. Grampus griseus
    common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
  20. Steno bredanensis
    common name: Rough-toothed Dolphin rank: species
  21. Globicephala macrorhynchus
    common name: Short-finned Pilot Whale rank: species
  22. Physeter macrocephalus
    common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
  23. Stenella longirostris
    common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
  24. Stenella longirostris
    common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
  25. Stenella longirostris
    common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
  26. Stenella longirostris
    common name: Spinner Dolphin rank: species
  27. Stenella
    common name: spinner dolphins rank: genus
  28. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  29. Mesoplodon
    common name: beaked whales rank: genus
  30. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  31. Delphinidae
    common name: dolphins rank: family
  32. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  33. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  34. Caniformia
    common name: pinnipeds rank: suborder
  35. Balaenoptera
    common name: baleen whales rank: genus
  36. Cetacea
    common name: cetaceans rank: order
  37. Trichechus manatus
    common name: West Indian Manatee rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Caribbean,Cuba

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Amy Whitt
originator
position: Primary contact
Azura Consulting LLC
email: amy@azuraco.com
homepage: http://www.azuraco.com
OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu
OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu
Amy Whitt
owner
position: Primary contact
Azura Consulting LLC
email: amy@azuraco.com
homepage: http://www.azuraco.com
Amy Whitt
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Azura Consulting LLC
email: amy@azuraco.com
homepage: http://www.azuraco.com
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