Cystophora Nilsson, 1820 
AphiaID: 137006

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Carnivora > Caniformia > Pinnipedia > Phocidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Phocidae Gray, 1821
Sources		basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details] additional source: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777)
Environment		marine
Link		To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137006
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2007-12-26 22:05:46Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 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). Cystophora Nilsson, 1820. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137006 on 2013-05-23
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