| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Pagophilus Gray, 1844 |
Synonymised taxa | |
Phoca groenlandica Erxleben, 1777 (synonym)
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| Sources | |
original description: Erxleben, J.C. P. 1777. Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre and Systema regni animalis. Göttingen. [details]
basis of record: Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station., available online at http://www.gmwsrs.org/main.htm [details]
basis of record: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details]
basis of record: UNEP-WCMC. 16 February, 2004. Marine Mammals, available online at http://valhalla.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/marine_mammals/taxonomy/ [details]
basis of record: Waring, G.T., J.M. Quintal and C.P. Fairfield (eds.). 2002. U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico marine mammal dtock assessments, 2002. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS- NE- 169. 318 p. [details]
basis of record: Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (eds.). 1993. Mammal species of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press., available online at http://vertebrates.si.edu/mammals/msw/ [details]
from synonym: 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] [view taxon]
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Vernacular Names | | | Language | Name | | |
Bulgarian |
Grenlаndski tyulen (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Bulgarian |
Гренландски тюлен (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Danish |
Grønlandssæl (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Dutch |
zadelrob |
[details] |
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English |
harp seal |
[details] |
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French |
phoque du Groenland (from synonym) |
[details] |
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German |
Sattelrobbe |
[details] |
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Italian |
foca della Groenlandia (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Lithuanian |
grenlandinis ruonis |
[details] |
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Modern Greek (1453-) |
Φώκια της Γροιλανδίας (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Norwegian Bokmål |
grønlandssel |
[details] |
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Norwegian Nynorsk |
grønlandssel |
[details] |
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Polish |
foka Grenlandzka |
[details] |
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Romanian |
foca-de-Groenlanda (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Russian |
гренландский тюлень |
[details] |
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Slovenian |
grenlandski tjulen |
[details] |
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Slovenian |
sedlasti tjulenj (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Spanish |
foca arpa |
[details] |
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Spanish |
foca de Groenlandia |
[details] |
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Spanish |
foca pía |
[details] |
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Swedish |
grönlandssäl |
[details] |
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Turkish |
Grönland focu (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Turkish |
Grönland foku |
[details] |
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Turkish |
semer foku (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Turkish |
semer sırtlı fok (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Ukrainian |
гренландський тюлень |
[details] |
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Ukrainian |
Тюлень гренландський |
[details] |
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | Arctic Ocean [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
North Atlantic [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
St. Lawrence Estuary [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
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| Links | | To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Diet: Fish, crustaceans [details]
Dimensions: Length: 170 cm (5'7"); Weight: 130 kg (296 lb) [details]
Distribution: Scotian Shelf to Northern Greenland [details]
Habitat: mostly in pack ice [details]
Importance: This species, due to decreased hunting pressure, has been increasing in numbers. Fishers have concerns as to this affecting recovering cod stocks. [details]
Morphology: Distinguishing characteristics: adult is white with dark "harp" on back, dark face. Pup is white "whitecoat", moults to grey coat with dark spots "beaters" within three weeks. Immatures (14 months+) called "bedlamers". [details]
Reproduction: Pupping: February to mid March on pack ice (Gulf of St. Lawrence); Weaning: 10 days [details]
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| Images | |
Pagophilus groenlandicus added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked |
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Pagophilus groenlandicus added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked |
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[image from synonym] Phoca groenlandica added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked |
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Harp seals added on 2010-06-08 - author: Miller, Roberta qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159019 |
Taxonomic Edit history | |
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| | | Citation: Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2013). Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159019 on 2013-05-25 |
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