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Odobenus Brisson, 1762 
AphiaID: 137005

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Pinnipedia (Infraorder) > Odobenidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Odobenidae Allen, 1880
Sources  basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

additional source: 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]

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[hide all]		 Species Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  » Subspecies Odobenus rosmarus divergens (Illiger, 1815)
» Subspecies Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Subspecies Odobenus rosmarus laptevi Chapskii, 1940 (unaccepted)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137005
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2007-12-26 22:05:46Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
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). Odobenus Brisson, 1762. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137005 on 2013-06-18
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