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Ommatophoca rossii Gray, 1844 
AphiaID: 231412

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Pinnipedia (Infraorder) > Phocidae (Family) > Ommatophoca (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Species
Parent Ommatophoca Gray, 1844
Sources  basis of record: Shirihai, H. 2002 A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean Alula Press FI 510 pp [details]

additional source: King, C. (2009). Terrestrial mammals (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Ross seal  [details]
Links To GenBank
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: circumpolar in the Antarctic [details]

Habitat: in pack ice areas [details]
Images 
Ross Seal on floe
Ross Seal on floe
added on 2006-05-17 - author: Eric Woehler
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Ommatophoca rossii
Ommatophoca rossii
added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Ommatophoca rossii
Ommatophoca rossii
added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Barrett-Hamilton (1901, plaat 1)
Barrett-Hamilton (1901, plaat 1)
added on 2009-08-10 - author: G.E.H. Barrett-Hamilton
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2006-05-17 09:54:26 GMT  created  Charbonneau, Danny
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2009). Ommatophoca rossii Gray, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231412 on 2010-02-09
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