Species Profile
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Found in deep oceans worldwide.
Social marine mammal.
Uses echolocation.
Size & Structure
01
Large head
02
Dark grey body
03
Blowhole
04
Streamlined shape
Physeter macrocephalus — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed, double, complete
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ureotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Deep-sea predator
Marine food web
Nutrient cycling
Economic Importance
Marine research
Conservation efforts
Ecotourism