Cetacea Brisson, 1762
(whales & dolphins)

Interactions where Cetacea is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
whale bone (dead) dead whale bone dead is eaten by fruitbody Rare Schizophyllum commune Splitgill, Common Porecrust Agaricales: Schizophyllaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Schizophyllaceae/Schizophyllum commune/Schizophyllum communesplitgill, common porecrustfruitbody Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Cetartiodactyla/Cetacea/Cetaceawhales & dolphinsdeadwhale boneRare fruitbody feeds on dead dead whale bone

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Cetacea (whales & dolphins) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
MYSTICETI
baleen whales
Superfamily 3 subtaxa 3 references
BALAENOPTERIDAE
whales
Family 3 subtaxa 3 references
ODONTOCETI
toothed whales
Superfamily 8 subtaxa 1 trophisms 9 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
InfraorderCetacea (whales & dolphins)
SuborderCETANCODONTA (a suborder of unassigneds)
OrderCETARTIODACTYLA (whales and dolphins)
SubclassTHERIA (a subclass of unassigneds)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cetacea (whales & dolphins)

Cetacea (whales & dolphins) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
de Boer, M., Morgan-Jenks, M., Taylor, M. & Simmonds, M. 2002 The small cetaceans of Cardigan Bay British Wildlife Vol 13, No. 4: 246-254.
de Pierrepont, J.F. et al 2005 Stomach contents of English Channel cetaceans stranded on the coast of Normandy JMBA Vol 85: 1539-1546.

Parasites

Gotto, V. 2004 Commensal and parasitic copepods associated with marine invertebrates (and whales) (2nd ed) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 46, 2nd edition edition, Field Studies Council
Gotto, V. 1993 *** Commensal and parasitic copepods associated with marine invertebrates (and whales) ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 46, Field Studies Council

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Cetacea (whales & dolphins):

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