- The Mediterranean Marine Mammal Tissue Bank
List of species
Cetaceans of the Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Marine Mammal Tissue Bank collects and stores biological samples mainly from marine mammals stranded along the Italian coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. The bank stores also tissues sampled from marine mammals stranded along non-Italian Mediterranean coasts, and tissues from Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean marine mammals kept within controlled environment.
Species regularly found in the Italian waters of the Mediterranean Sea
Suborder Misticeti (1 species)
| Family | Genus | Species |
|---|---|---|
| Balaenopteridae | Balaenoptera | B. physalus |
Suborder Odontoceti (7 species)
| Family | Genus | Species |
|---|---|---|
| Delphinidae | Delphinus | D. delphis |
| Globicephala | G. melas | |
| Grampus | G. griseus | |
| Stenella | S. coeruleoalba | |
| Tursiops | T. truncatus | |
| Physeteridae | Physeter | P. macrocephalus |
| Ziphiidae | Ziphius | Z. cavirostris |
Species regularly found in the Mediterranean Sea, but rarely in Italian waters
Suborder Misticeti (1 species)
| Family | Genus | Species |
|---|---|---|
| Delphinidae | Orcinus | O. orca |
| Steno | S. bredanensis | |
| Phocoenidae | Phocoena | P. phocoena |
Species rarely found in the Mediterranean Sea
Suborder Misticeti (5 species)
| Family | Genus | Species |
|---|---|---|
| Balaenidae | Eubalaena | E. glacialis |
| Balaenopteridae | Balaenoptera | B. acutorostrata |
| Balaenoptera | B. borealis | |
| Megaptera | M. novaeangliae | |
| Eschrichtiidae | Eschrichtius | E. robustus |
Suborder Odontoceti (7 species)
| Family | Genus | Species |
|---|---|---|
| Delphinidae | Pseudorca | P. crassidens |
| Sousa | S. chinensis | |
| Kogiidae | Kogia | K. sima |
| Ziphiidae | Hyperoodon | H. ampullatus |
| Mesoplodon | M. bidens | |
| M. densirostris | ||
| M. europaeus |
Other (non Mediterranean) marine mammals kept in the Bank
Order carnivora
Clade Pinnipedia
| Family | Genus | Species |
|---|---|---|
| Otariidae | Otaria | O. flavescens |
| Zalophus | Z. californianus | |
| Phocidae | Phoca | P. vitulina |
| Halichoerus | H. grypus |
Common names of cetaceans of the Mediterranean Sea
| Scientific name | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| Balaenoptera acutorostrata | balenottera minore | common minke whale |
| Balaenoptera borealis | balenottera boreale | sei whale |
| Balaenoptera physalus | balenottera comune | fin whale |
| Delphinus delphis | delfino comune | short-beaked common dolphin |
| Eubalaena glacialis | balena franca boreale | North Atlantic right whale |
| Globicephala melas | globicefalo | long-finned pilot whale |
| Grampus griseus | grampo | Risso's dolphin |
| Hyperoodon ampullatus | iperodonte boreale | northern bottlenose whale |
| Kogia sima | cogia di Owen | dwarf sperm whale |
| Megaptera novaeangliae | megattera | humpback whale |
| Mesoplodon bidens | mesoplodonte di Sowerby | Sowerby's beaked whale |
| Mesoplodon densirostris | mesoplodonte di Blainville | Blainville's beaked whale |
| Mesoplodon europaeus | Mesoplodonte di Gervais | Gervais' beaked whale |
| Orcinus orca | orca | killer whale |
| Phocoena phocoena | focena comune | harbour porpoise |
| Physeter macrocephalus | capodoglio | sperm whale |
| Pseudorca crassidens | pseudorca | false killer whale |
| Sousa chinensis | susa indo-pacifica | Indo-Pacific hump-back dolphin |
| Stenella coeruleoalba | stenella striata | striped dolphin |
| Steno bredanensis | steno | rough-toothed dolphin |
| Tursiops truncatus | tursiope | common bottlenose dolphin |
| Ziphius cavirostris | zifio | Cuvier's beaked whale |