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Mediterranean Cetaceans
Mediterranean cetaceans constitute a unique assemblage of species found in the virtually closed basin of the Mediterranean Sea. This assemblage differs from those found in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic or the Red Sea. In the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, cetaceans are represented by around twenty species, but only eight of these are considered common: the Short-beaked dolphin, Common dolphin, Bottlenose dolphin, Risso's dolphin, Long-finned pilot whale, Cuvier's beaked whale, Sperm whale and Fin whale. Their distribution varies greatly from region to region, and their abundance and diversity seem to be greatest in the Corso-Liguro-Provençal basin, where cetaceans have been protected by the Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals, Pelagos Sanctuary since 2002. Renowned for their intelligence, which in some respects is similar to that of humans, cetaceans are the focus of protection measures that are all the more important given that their slow life cycle makes t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delphinus Delphis 02
Delphinus is a small constellation in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere, close to the celestial equator. Its name is the Latin version for the Greek language, Greek word for dolphin (). It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. It is one of the smaller constellations, ranked 69th in size. Delphinus' five brightest stars form a distinctive Asterism (astronomy), asterism symbolizing a dolphin with four stars representing the body and one the tail. It is bordered (clockwise from north) by Vulpecula, Sagitta, Aquila (constellation), Aquila, Aquarius (constellation), Aquarius, Equuleus and Pegasus (constellation), Pegasus. Delphinus is a faint constellation with only two stars brighter than an apparent magnitude of 4, Beta Delphini (Rotanev) at magnitude 3.6 and Alpha Delphini (Sualocin) at magnitude 3.8. Mythology Delphinus is associated with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
