WoRMS taxon details
Phoca Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Phoca largha Pallas, 1811
- Species Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Phoca barbata Erxleben, 1777 accepted as Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben, 1777) (superseded original combination)
- Species Phoca caspica Gmelin, 1788 accepted as Pusa caspica Gmelin, 1788 (synonym)
- Species Phoca cristata Erxleben, 1777 accepted as Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777) (basionym)
- Species Phoca fasciata Zimmermann, 1783 accepted as Histriophoca fasciata (Zimmermann, 1783) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Phoca foetida Fabricius, 1776 accepted as Pusa hispida hispida Schreber, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Phoca groenlandica Erxleben, 1777 accepted as Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777) (synonym)
- Species Phoca grypus Fabricius, 1791 accepted as Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791)
- Species Phoca hispida Schreber, 1775 accepted as Pusa hispida (Schreber, 1775) (synonym)
- Species Phoca monachus Hermann, 1779 accepted as Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Phoca rosmarus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded original combination)
- Species Phoca tropicalis J.E. Gray, 1850 accepted as Neomonachus tropicalis (J.E. Gray, 1850) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors [request]
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. <em>FAO Species identification guide.</em> 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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors
[request] 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. <em>FAO Species identification guide.</em> 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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
