Lobodon carcinophagus (Hombron and Jacquinot, 1842). In Dumont d'Uville, Voy. Pole Sud., Zool., Altas: Mammifères, pl. 10 [1842], vol. 3:Mammifères et Oiseaux, p. 27 [1853].

TYPE LOCALITY: "capturé sur les glaces du Pole Sud, entre les îles Sandwich et les îles Powels, à 150 lieues de distance de chacune de ces îles." [Scotia Sea (midway between South Orkney and South Sandwich Isis) (Br. Antarct. Trust Terr.)].

DISTRIBUTION: Antarctic seas, frequently on pack ice around Antarctic Continent, limited records from New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, and Argentina.

SYNONYMS: serridens Owen, 1843.