Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS)

WoRMS taxon details

Phocarctos Peters, 1866

AphiaID

231389 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231389)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Otariidae Gray, 1825

Direct children (1)

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Species Phocarctos hookeri (Gray, 1844)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Phocarctos Peters, 1866. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231389 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-05-17 09:54:26Z

created

Charbonneau, Danny

2010-05-20 10:05:06Z

changed

Churchill, Morgan

2010-05-20 10:09:49Z

checked

Berta, Annalisa

2016-11-21 07:36:56Z

changed

Berta, Annalisa

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record 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]

Other

additional source Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2012). Pinniped taxonomy: review of currently recognized species and subspecies, and evidence used for their description. <em>Mammal Review.</em> 42(3), 207-234. [details]

Definitions

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