vs 瓶鼻海豚

Cobetia pacifica compared with Tursiops truncatus

Key Differences

is Not Evaluated while 瓶鼻海豚 is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		瓶鼻海豚
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Proteobacteria (變形菌門)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Gammaproteobacteria (γ-变形菌纲)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Pseudomonadales (假单胞菌目)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Halomonadaceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Cobetia	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)
Species	Cobetia pacifica	Tursiops truncatus

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

瓶鼻海豚

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		瓶鼻海豚
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.

瓶鼻海豚

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 pacifica is a halophilic, gram-negative bacterium within the family Halomonadaceae, isolated from Pacific Ocean marine environments. The species epithet 'pacifica' reflects its origin in Pacific coastal and open-ocean habitats, with documented collection records from Taiwanese coastal waters and sediments. As a member of the genus Cobetia, this organism is characterized by its remarkable tolerance and requirement for elevated sodium chloride concentrations, growing optimally in marine-strength and higher salinities. Cobetia pacifica is an aerobic chemoorganotroph capable of metabolizing a diverse array of organic substrates, contributing to carbon cycling in marine ecosystems. The bacterium produces compatible solutes, primarily ectoine and betaine, that stabilize proteins and membranes under osmotic stress. Morphologically, C. pacifica appears as motile rods with polar flagellation, typical of the genus. The Cobetia lineage was separated from the paraphyletic Halomonas genus based on 16S rRNA gene phylogenies and genomic analyses that revealed coherent evolutionary groupings among Pacific-derived halophilic isolates. Members of this genus are of considerable scientific interest for understanding microbial adaptation to saline environments and have potential applications in bioremediation of saline-contaminated sites and industrial fermentation processes where salt-tolerant microorganisms confer operational advantages. The species is not evaluated under IUCN criteria, as conservation assessments are not routinely applied to prokaryotic microorganisms.