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Lobodon carcinophagus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842) 
AphiaID: 344008

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)
Synonymised
taxa
  Lobodon carcinophaga (Hombrot & Jacquinot, 1842)
Sources  basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

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

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English crabeater seal  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Southern Ocean [details]
Host of  Antarctophthirus lobodontis Enderlein, 1909 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Images 
Crab eater seal pup portrait
[image from synonym]
Crab eater seal pup portrait
added on 2006-05-17 - author: Eric Woehler
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Crabeater Seal pair on floe
[image from synonym]
Crabeater Seal pair on floe
added on 2006-05-17 - author: Eric Woehler
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Crabeater Seal pup suckling
[image from synonym]
Crabeater Seal pup suckling
added on 2006-05-17 - author: Eric Woehler
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Lobodon carcinophagus
Lobodon carcinophagus
added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Lobodon carcinophagus
Lobodon carcinophagus
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Lobodon carcinophagus
Lobodon carcinophagus
added on 2011-10-30 - author: Collection VLIZ
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Lobodon carcinophagus
Lobodon carcinophagus
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Lobodon carcinophagus
Lobodon carcinophagus
added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection
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Lobodon carcinophagus
Lobodon carcinophagus
added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection
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Lobodon carcinophagus
Lobodon carcinophagus
added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection
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Lobodon carcinophagus
Lobodon carcinophagus
added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344008
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-04-11 11:37:23Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
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). Lobodon carcinophagus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344008 on 2013-05-21
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