TY - CHAP
T1 - Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812)
AU - Hartman, Karin L.
AU - Chen, Ing
AU - Hodgins, Nicola
AU - Ames, Audra E.
AU - van der Harst, Pieter A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024/1/1
Y1 - 2024/1/1
N2 - The first description of Risso's dolphins originated from a specimen found stranded on a beach in Brest, France, by the French/Italian naturalist Antoine Risso, who described the species' characteristics to G. Cuvier in 1812. Gray (1828) grouped it within the sub-genus Grampus, and Hamilton (1837) elevated this to genus level. In subsequent years scientists considered newly found specimens as potential separate species based on differences in factors such as geographical distribution, size and coloration compared to the original specimen. This led to a variety of names, such as D. rissoanus (Desmarest), G. cuvieri (Gray), G. sowerbianus (Fisher), G. sakamata (Gray), G. stearnsii (Dall), G. richardsoni (Gray), and Globicephalus rissii (Hamilton). In 1889, the zoologist True consolidated the nomenclature by designating the species as monotypic under the name Grampus griseus. However, Iredale and Troughton (1933) assigned the name Grampus to killer whales and classified Risso's dolphin under the genus Grampidelphis. This change was later reversed by Schevill (1954) and Hershkovitz (1961).
AB - The first description of Risso's dolphins originated from a specimen found stranded on a beach in Brest, France, by the French/Italian naturalist Antoine Risso, who described the species' characteristics to G. Cuvier in 1812. Gray (1828) grouped it within the sub-genus Grampus, and Hamilton (1837) elevated this to genus level. In subsequent years scientists considered newly found specimens as potential separate species based on differences in factors such as geographical distribution, size and coloration compared to the original specimen. This led to a variety of names, such as D. rissoanus (Desmarest), G. cuvieri (Gray), G. sowerbianus (Fisher), G. sakamata (Gray), G. stearnsii (Dall), G. richardsoni (Gray), and Globicephalus rissii (Hamilton). In 1889, the zoologist True consolidated the nomenclature by designating the species as monotypic under the name Grampus griseus. However, Iredale and Troughton (1933) assigned the name Grampus to killer whales and classified Risso's dolphin under the genus Grampidelphis. This change was later reversed by Schevill (1954) and Hershkovitz (1961).
KW - Deep divers
KW - Distinctive scarring
KW - Stratified social structure
KW - Teuthophageous
KW - Tropical and temperate waters
KW - Varying sexual strategies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85218389498&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85218389498&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-443-13746-4.00010-X
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-443-13746-4.00010-X
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85218389498
SN - 9780443137471
VL - 1
SP - 267
EP - 312
BT - Coastal Dolphins and Porpoises
PB - Elsevier
ER -