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Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777) 
AphiaID: 159019

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Pinnipedia (Infraorder) > Phocidae (Family) > Pagophilus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pagophilus Gray, 1844
Synonymised
taxa
  Phoca groenlandica Erxleben, 1777 (synonym)
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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Bulgarian Grenlаndski tyulen (from synonym)  [details]
Bulgarian Гренландски тюлен (from synonym)  [details]
Danish Grønlandssæl (from synonym)  [details]
Dutch zadelrob  [details]
English harp seal  [details]
French phoque du Groenland (from synonym)  [details]
German Sattelrobbe  [details]
Italian foca della Groenlandia (from synonym)  [details]
Lithuanian grenlandinis ruonis  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Φώκια της Γροιλανδίας (from synonym)  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål grønlandssel  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk grønlandssel  [details]
Polish foka Grenlandzka  [details]
Romanian foca-de-Groenlanda (from synonym)  [details]
Russian гренландский тюлень  [details]
Slovenian grenlandski tjulen  [details]
Slovenian sedlasti tjulenj (from synonym)  [details]
Spanish foca arpa  [details]
Spanish foca de Groenlandia  [details]
Spanish foca pía  [details]
Swedish grönlandssäl  [details]
Turkish Grönland focu (from synonym)  [details]
Turkish Grönland foku  [details]
Turkish semer foku (from synonym)  [details]
Turkish semer sırtlı fok (from synonym)  [details]
Ukrainian гренландський тюлень  [details]
Ukrainian Тюлень гренландський  [details]
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]
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
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]
Images 
Pagophilus groenlandicus
Pagophilus groenlandicus
added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Pagophilus groenlandicus
Pagophilus groenlandicus
added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Phoca groenlandica
[image from synonym]
Phoca groenlandica
added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Harp seals
Harp seals
added on 2010-06-08 - author: Miller, Roberta
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159019
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 09:47:05Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
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). 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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