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Phocidae Gray, 1821 
AphiaID: 136976

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Pinnipedia (Infraorder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Pinnipedia
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch zeehonden  [details]
English true seals  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål selfamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk selfamilien  [details]
Swedish öronlösa sälar  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Cystophora Nilsson, 1820
Genus Erignathus Gill, 1866
Genus Halichoerus Nilsson, 1820
Genus Histriophoca Gill, 1873
Genus Hydrurga (Blainville, 1820)
Genus Leptonychotes Gill, 1872
Genus Lobodon (Hombrot & Jacquinot, 1842)
Genus Mirounga (Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus Monachus Fleming, 1822
Genus Ommatophoca Gray, 1844
Genus Pagophilus Gray, 1844
Genus Phoca Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Pusa Scopoli, 1771
Environment marine
Host of  Echinophthirius horridus (von Olfers, 1816) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Images 
Phocidae
Phocidae
added on 2011-04-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Jim McMillan ()
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Phocidae
Phocidae
added on 2011-04-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Jim McMillan ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Phocidae
Phocidae
added on 2011-04-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Jim McMillan ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Phocidae
Phocidae
added on 2011-04-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Jim McMillan ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136976
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2005-03-29 08:12:19Z  changed  Claus, Simon
2010-05-20 10:05:06Z  changed  Churchill, Morgan
2010-05-20 10:09:49Z  checked  Berta, Annalisa
  
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  Citation: Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2013). Phocidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136976 on 2013-05-24
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