Phoca Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 137010

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		original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 37 [details] basis of record: Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details] additional source: Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 37 [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 Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758
Environment		marine
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137010
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   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). Phoca Linnaeus, 1758. 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=137010 on 2013-05-22
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