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Dal mare al museo. Il recupero di uno scheletro di stenella striata, Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen 1833)
Sabrina Lo BruttoRoberto PuleioDomenico VicariAndrea CalascibettaEnrico BelliaNaturaliterAntonio BellanteVincenzo Maximiliano GiacaloneGaspare Buffasubject
marine mammals cetacean strandings natural history museums zoological collections outreach biodiversitySettore BIO/05 - Zoologiadescription
In 2021, the Museum of Zoology “P. Doderlein” of the University of Palermo acquired a new specimen, the complete skeleton of Stenella coeruleoalba, a striped dolphin stranded in 2018 in Marinella di Selinunte, Castelvetrano (Sicily, Southern Italy). The project herein described is the result of a collaboration among the Bio-Reconstruction Laboratory of the IAS-CNR of Capo Granitola, the IZS of Palermo, the company Naturaliter and the Museum of Zoology “P. Doderlein”. In Natural History Museums, cetaceans are an excellent tool to facilitate scientific dissemination aimed at the conservation of marine biodiversity. The work herein described is presented as an example of good practices in recovering a cetacean carcass that can otherwise be an expensive waste to manage.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-06 |