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Cystophora cristata
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Description
Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777). Syst. Regni Anim., 1:590.
TYPE LOCALITY: "Habitat in Groenlandia australiori et Newfoundland". [S Greenland and Newfoundland].
DISTRIBUTION: N Atlantic and Arctic oceans, from Newfoundland (Canada) to S Greenland, Svalbard and Novaya Zemlya (Russia); occasionally south to Portugal and Florida (USA).
SYNONYMS: borealis Nilsson, 1820; dimidiata Riippell, 1842.
COMMENTS: Reviewed by Kovacs and Lavigne (1986, Mammalian Species, 258).
Notes
Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 329, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD1F4E51C329747CFFD6FC3FFFE0142F (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Erxleben
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Phocidae
- Genus
- Cystophora
- Species
- cristata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777) sec. Wozencraft, 1993
References
- Kovacs, K. M., and D. M. Lavigne. 1986. Cystophora cristata. Mammalian Species, 258: 1 - 9.