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Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Phoca groenlandica Erxleben 1777

Description

Phoca groenlandica Erxleben, 1777. Syst. Regn. Anim., 1:588.

TYPE LOCALITY: Greenland and Newfoundland (Canada).

DISTRIBUTION: N. Atlantic and Arctic oceans from E. Canada to the White Sea (U.S. S.R.).

COMMENT: Formerly included in Pagophilus; see Burns and Fay, 1970, J. Zool. Lond., 161:363-394; but also see Corbet, 1978:187.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301413002004003001 as P. groenlandicus (sic).

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 288, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980

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Biodiversity

Family
Phocidae
Genus
Phoca
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Erxleben
Species
groenlandica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Phoca groenlandica Erxleben, 1777 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Burns, J. J., and F. H. Fay. 1970. Comparative morphology of the skull of the ribbon seal, Histriophoca fasciata, with remarks on systematics of Phocidae. Journal of Zoology, London, 161: 363 - 394.