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Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820) 
AphiaID: 231417

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Pinnipedia (Infraorder) > Phocidae (Family) > Hydrurga (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Species
Parent Hydrurga (Blainville, 1820)
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 leopard seal  [details]
Distribution Southern Hemisphere [details]
Links To GenBank
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To ITIS
Images 
Leopard Seal
Leopard Seal
added on 2006-05-17 - author: Eric Woehler
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leopard seal
leopard seal
added on 2006-05-26 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert ()
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Hydrurga leptonyx Crozet95-2
Hydrurga leptonyx Crozet95-2
added on 2006-10-17 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert ()
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added on 2009-02-11 - author: Huw Griffiths
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2006-05-17 09:54:26 GMT  created  Charbonneau, Danny
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2009). Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231417 on 2010-02-09
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