Sagmatias
Sagmatias | |
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Pacific white-sided dolphins (Sagmatias obliquidens) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Delphinidae |
Subfamily: | Lissodelphininae |
Genus: | Sagmatias Cope, 1866 |
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Sagmatias is a genus of cetacean that contains four dolphin species formerly placed in the genus Lagenorhynchus. Mitochondrial DNA studies have indicated that certain dolphin species within Lagenorhynchus are actually more closely related to dolphins within the genus Cephalorhynchus. In order to resolve this situation it has been proposed that the affected dolphin species be placed within the genus Sagmatias.[1] A recent cladistic analysis of oceanic dolphins provides morphological support for generic separation of Sagmatias from Lagenorhynchus.[2] Affected species are:
- Dusky dolphin (Sagmatias obscurus) [3]
- Pacific white-sided dolphin (Sagmatias obliquidens) [4][5]
- Hourglass dolphin (Sagmatias cruciger)[6]
- Peale's dolphin (Sagmatias australis) [7]
Under this categorization, Sagmatias, Cephalorhynchus and Lissodelphis form the subfamily Lissodelphininae within the dolphin family, Delphinidae.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Leduc, R.; Perrin, W. & Dizon, E. (August 18, 1998). "Phylogenetic Relationships among the Delphinid Cetaceans Based on Full Cytochrome B Sequences". Marine Mammal Science. 15 (3): 619–648. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00833.x. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ Mizuki Murakami, Chieko Shimada, Yoshinori Hikida, Yuhji Soeda and Hiromichi Hirano (2014). "Eodelphis kabatensis, a new name for the oldest true dolphin Stenella kabatensis Horikawa, 1977 (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinidae), from the upper Miocene of Japan, and the phylogeny and paleobiogeography of Delphinoidea". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 (3): 491–511. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.816720.
- ^ Shirihai, H. & Jarrett, B. (2006). Whales, Dolphins and Other Marine Mammals of the World. Princeton Field Guides. pp. 209–211. ISBN 0-691-12757-3. OCLC 73174536.
- ^ Shirihai, H. & Jarrett, B. (2006). Whales, Dolphins and Other Marine Mammals of the World. Princeton Field Guides. pp. 202–205. ISBN 0-691-12757-3. OCLC 73174536.
- ^ "The Vertebrates of British Columbia" (PDF). 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ Shirihai, H. & Jarrett, B. (2006). Whales, Dolphins and Other Marine Mammals of the World. Princeton Field Guides. pp. 207–208. ISBN 0-691-12757-3. OCLC 73174536.
- ^ Shirihai, H. & Jarrett, B. (2006). Whales, Dolphins and Other Marine Mammals of the World. Princeton Field Guides. pp. 205–207. ISBN 0-691-12757-3. OCLC 73174536.
COPE, E. D. 1866. Third contribution to the history of the Balaenidae and Delphinidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1866:293-300.
- Sagmatias
- Cetacean genera
- Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope