vs Peale s Dolphin

Merismopedia minima compared with Lagenorhynchus australis

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Peale s Dolphin is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Peale s Dolphin
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cyanobacteriales	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Chamaesiphonaceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Merismopedia	Lagenorhynchus
Species	Merismopedia minima	Lagenorhynchus australis

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Peale s Dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Peale s Dolphin
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Peale s Dolphin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Merismopedia minima is a very small colonial cyanobacterium in the family Merismopediaceae that forms flat, rectangular, sheet-like colonies of cells arranged in regular rows. It is found in freshwater and brackish planktonic habitats worldwide. Its conservation status is not evaluated.