MSBIAS - Pinnipedia

MSBIAS taxon details

Pinnipedia

AphiaID

148736 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148736)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Infraorder

Parent

Caniformia

Direct children (2)

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Family Odobenidae Allen, 1880
Family Phocidae Gray, 1821

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MSBIAS (2026). Pinnipedia. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148736 on 2026-03-08

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Pinnipedia. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148736 on 2026-03-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-29 08:12:19Z

created

Claus, Simon

2007-12-24 20:10:49Z

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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basis of record Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. <em>FAO Species identification guide.</em> FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pinnipedia)
To Genbank
To ITIS