Happywhale - Pantropical spotted dolphin in North Pacific Ocean

Ted Cheeseman; Ted Cheeseman

doi:10.82144/133c9948

Happywhale - Pantropical spotted dolphin in North Pacific Ocean

Citation

Happywhale. 2026. Happywhale - Pantropical spotted dolphin in North Pacific Ocean. Version 1.5.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.82144/133c9948. accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-04.

Description

Original provider: Happywhale Dataset credits: Happywhale and contributors Abstract: Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.

Purpose

N/A

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS. Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP. There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only. This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 12 contributors in alphabetic order: Alec Boyd-Devine; Angela Thomas; Carlos Dominguez-Rodriguez; Curt Finfrock; Dane McDermott; Dawn Howell; Erin T.; Iván Miranda Franco; Marcos Muñoz Medina; Marilia Olio; Nicholas Gray; Sophie van de Vorst

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Stenella attenuata
common name: Pantropical spotted dolphin rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Data extent

Bibliographic Citations

Southerland, K., and T. Cheeseman. 2026. Happywhale encounter. - https://happywhale.com/

Contacts

Ted Cheeseman
originator
position: Primary contact
Happywhale.com
email: ted@happywhale.com
homepage: https://happywhale.com

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: https://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: https://seamap.env.duke.edu

Ted Cheeseman
owner
position: Primary contact
Happywhale.com
email: ted@happywhale.com
homepage: https://happywhale.com

Ted Cheeseman
originator
Happywhale.com
email: ted@happywhale.com
homepage: https://happywhale.com

Ted Cheeseman
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Happywhale.com
email: ted@happywhale.com
homepage: https://happywhale.com