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Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826) 
AphiaID: 343996

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Pinnipedia (Infraorder) > Phocidae (Family) > Leptonychotes (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (lapsus calami)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826)
Rank Species
Parent Leptonychotes Gill, 1872
Source  basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Weddell seal  [details]
Environment marine
Link To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
Note  Distribution: circumpolar and widespread in Southern Ocean [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:343996
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-04-11 11:37:23Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-02-15 10:38:51Z  changed  Vanhoorne, Bart
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). Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=343996 on 2013-05-20
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