BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
CETACEA (whales & dolphins)
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family | BALAENOPTERIDAE (whales) | 3 | |
| Genus | Balaenoptera (whales) | 2 | 2 |
| Species | Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) (Humpback Whale) | 1 | |
| Family | DELPHINIDAE (killer and pilot whales) | 1 | |
| Species | Orcinus orca L., 1758 (Killer Whale) | 2 | |
| Family | ZIPHIIDAE (dolphins) | 5 | |
| Species | Delphinus delphis L., 1758 (Common Dolphin) | 1 | |
| Species | Grampus griseus Cuvier, 1812 (Risso's Dolphin) | 1 | |
| Species | Lagenorhynchus acutus Gray, 1828 (White-sided Dolphin) | 1 | |
| Species | Tursiops truncatus Montagu, 1821 (Bottle-nosed Dolphin) | 1 | |
| Species | Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (Cuvier's Whale) | 1 |
Suggested Literature
General Works
| de Boer, M., Morgan-Jenks, M., Taylor, M. & Simmonds, M., 2002 | The small cetaceans of Cardigan Bay |
| Gotto, V., 1993 (Parasites) | Commensal and Parasitic Copepods associated with Marine Invertebrates (and Whales) |
CETACEA may also be covered by literature listed under:
|
BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
CHORDATA (vertebrates) |
MAMMALIA (mammals) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with CETACEA:
 |
whale bone (dead) | dead whale bone dead is eaten by fruitbody | Schizophyllum commune - Splitgill (Agaricales: Schizophyllaceae) | 
|
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
Cetacea may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
|
ANIMALIA (animals) |
CHORDATA (vertebrates) |
MAMMALIA (mammals) |
References
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
