WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lobodon carcinophaga (Hombrot & Jacquinot, 1842)

Lobodon carcinophaga (Hombrot & Jacquinot, 1842)
AphiaID: 231416

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Pinnipedia (Infraorder) > Phocidae (Family) > Lobodon (Genus)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Checked by Taxonomic Editor

Rank

Species

Parent

Lobodon (Hombrot & Jacquinot, 1842)

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	crabeater Seal	[details]

Environment

marine

Distribution

New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Links

To GenBank
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To ITIS

Images

Crab eater seal pup portrait
added on 2006-05-17 - author: Eric Woehler
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Crabeater Seal pair on floe
added on 2006-05-17 - author: Eric Woehler
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Crabeater Seal pup suckling
added on 2006-05-17 - author: Eric Woehler
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Edit
history

Date	action	by
2006-05-17 09:54:26Z	created	Charbonneau, Danny
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. (2010). Lobodon carcinophaga (Hombrot & Jacquinot, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231416 on 2010-09-02

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