DELPHI: Cetacean External Morphometric Measurements from Strandings

DELPHI is a curated database of external morphometric measurements from stranded cetaceans compiled from the published literature. The data was collected by Taro Okamura and is available as a 1.3 MB dataset under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on 2026-04-13.

Use Cases

• Analyzing cetacean body proportions based on compiled external measurements.
• Studying morphological variation across species using landmark and index data.
• Comparing stranding event data across different sources and publications.

Strengths

• Data is curated and compiled from published literature with source references.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Dataset size is 1.3 MB, indicating a focused collection.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to stranding records and published literature.

Provenance

Source

Taro Okamura.

Collection Method

Compiled from published literature on stranded cetaceans.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 15:27:25.