"Stenella" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus comprised of spinner, spotted, and striped DOLPHINS, in the family Delphinidae. Schools of Stenella, that may number in the thousands, often associate with schools of TUNA, and are thus vulnerable to accidental harvesting.
| Descriptor ID |
D050706
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.267.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Striped Dolphin- Striped Dolphin
- Dolphin, Striped
- Dolphins, Striped
- Striped Dolphins
- Stenella coeruleoalba
Spinner Dolphins- Spinner Dolphins
- Dolphin, Spinner
- Dolphins, Spinner
- Spinner Dolphin
- Stenella longirostris
Spotted Dolphins- Spotted Dolphins
- Dolphin, Spotted
- Dolphins, Spotted
- Spotted Dolphin
- Stenella frontalis
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Stenella" by people in Profiles.
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Development of the skull of the pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata). Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2011 Oct; 294(10):1743-56.