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Long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas, Traill 1809) subspecies in the Atlantic Ocean: Are there differences in their skulls?

Marina, Tomas IgnacioIcon ; Marchesi, María ConstanzaIcon ; Prosser Goodall, Rae Natalie
Fecha de publicación: 04/2019
Editorial: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
Revista: Marine Mammal Science
ISSN: 0824-0469
e-ISSN: 1748-7692
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de recurso: Artículo publicado
Clasificación temática:
Biología Marina, Limnología

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Long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) are among the few odontocetes that show an anti-tropical distribution. The North Atlantic subspecies (G. m. melas, Traill 1809) has been widely studied in the east and west coast, but there is little previous information on the Southern subspecies (G. m. edwardii, A. Smith 1834). Here we investigated the skull morphometry of both populations, subspecies status nowadays, with the aim of characterizing and comparing them. We examined a total of 93 adult skulls. In all skulls, 21 measurements were analyzed. Our results clearly differentiated skull morphology between long-finned pilot whale subspecies, being the following characters the most important in the discrimination: width of rostrum at base, and at ¼, ½ and ¾ length, length of rostrum to internal and external nares, and length and height of temporal fossa. Overall, G. m. edwardii specimens showed a longer skull, larger rostrum, wider nares, larger temporal fossa and longer orbits than G. m. melas. We suggest that these strong dissimilarities might have functional implications for feeding habits, diving behaviour and sound production capabilities. This is the first study that proves that skull morphometry in long-finned pilot whale subspecies presents significant differences.
Palabras clave: LONG-FINNED PILOT WHALE , GLOBICEPHALA MELAS EDWARDII , GLOBICEPHALA MELAS MELAS , SKULL MORPHOMETRY
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/113013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12548
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mms.12548
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Marina, Tomas Ignacio; Marchesi, María Constanza; Prosser Goodall, Rae Natalie; Long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas, Traill 1809) subspecies in the Atlantic Ocean: Are there differences in their skulls?; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Marine Mammal Science; 35; 2; 4-2019; 660-676
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