grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez vs Ivell’s sea anemone

Tursiops truncatus compared with Edwardsia ivelli

Key Differences

• grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez is Least Concern while Ivell’s sea anemone is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez	Ivell’s sea anemone
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Anthozoa
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Actiniaria (anémone de mer)
Family	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)	Edwardsiidae
Genus	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)	Edwardsia
Species	Tursiops truncatus	Edwardsia ivelli

Evolutionary Relationship

grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez and Ivell’s sea anemone share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Ivell’s sea anemone

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez	Ivell’s sea anemone
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	45 years	—
Average Length	3.0 m	—
Average Weight	300.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez

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).

Ivell’s sea anemone

grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez

The most studied and recognized dolphin species, bottlenose dolphins inhabit warm and temperate oceans worldwide, from coastal shallows to the open sea. Highly intelligent with large brains relative to body size, they demonstrate self-recognition, complex communication, and social learning. They live in fluid fission-fusion societies and cooperate to herd fish. A keystone indicator species for marine ecosystem health.