UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826)

URMO name details

Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826)

AphiaID

343996 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:343996)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (lapsus calami)

Accepted name

Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826)

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptonychotes Gill, 1872

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Distribution circumpolar and widespread in Southern Ocean

Distribution circumpolar and widespread in Southern Ocean [details]

Taxonomic citation

URMO (2021). Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=343996 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=343996 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-04-11 11:37:23Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-02-15 10:38:51Z

changed

Vanhoorne, Bart

2010-05-20 10:05:06Z

changed

Churchill, Morgan

2010-05-20 10:09:49Z

checked

Berta, Annalisa

[taxonomic tree]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Distribution circumpolar and widespread in Southern Ocean [details]

Language	Name
English	Weddell seal	[details]

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