vs Delfín tonina

Cobetia crustatorum compared with Tursiops truncatus

Key Differences

is Not Evaluated while Delfín tonina is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Delfín tonina
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Gammaproteobacteria (Gammaproteobacteria)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Pseudomonadales (Pseudomonadales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Halomonadaceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Cobetia	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)
Species	Cobetia crustatorum	Tursiops truncatus

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Delfín tonina

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Delfín tonina
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	45 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	300.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Delfín tonina

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Cobetia crustatorum is a halophilic gram-negative bacterium in the family Halomonadaceae, closely related to other salt-tolerant members of the genus Cobetia. This aerobic, chemoorganotrophic organism was originally described from saline crustacean-associated environments, with its species epithet 'crustatorum' referring to its association with crustaceans. Like its congeners, C. crustatorum is adapted to thrive in environments with sodium chloride concentrations well above those tolerable by most mesophilic bacteria, typically growing optimally at 5–15% NaCl. The organism exhibits the characteristic gram-negative cell wall architecture and typically appears as short rods or ovoid cells under microscopy. Cobetia crustatorum has been documented from coastal Taiwanese marine habitats, where it participates in the decomposition of organic materials in saline sediments and associated with marine invertebrates. It produces extremolytes such as ectoine that protect cellular machinery from osmotic stress and desiccation. The organism is aerobic and motile, using polar flagella for locomotion in its aqueous saline environment. Taxonomically, the genus Cobetia was reclassified from Halomonas following phylogenetic analyses that revealed distinct evolutionary lineages within the broader Halomonadaceae family. Research on Cobetia species is ongoing due to their potential applications in biotechnology, particularly for biosurfactant and extremolyte production in industrial settings. Conservation status has not been evaluated by the IUCN.

Delfín tonina

La especie de delfín más estudiada y reconocida, los delfines mulares habitan océanos cálidos y templados de todo el mundo, desde las aguas costeras poco profundas hasta el mar abierto. Altamente inteligentes con grandes cerebros en relación con el tamaño corporal, demuestran autoreconocimiento, comunicación compleja y aprendizaje social. Viven en sociedades fluidas de fisión-fusión y cooperan para arrear peces. Una especie indicadora clave de la salud del ecosistema marino.