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Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) 
AphiaID: 137081

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Pinnipedia (Infraorder) > Phocidae (Family) > Monachus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Monachus Fleming, 1822
Source  basis of record: 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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian foka e Mesdheut  [details]
Bulgarian tyulen monаh  [details]
Bulgarian Тюлен монах  [details]
Danish munkesæl  [details]
Dutch monniksrob  [details]
English Mediterranean monk seal  [details]
English monk seal  [details]
French phoque moine  [details]
German Mittelmeer-Mönchsrobbe  [details]
German Mönchsrobbe  [details]
Hebrew כלב-ים ים-תיכוני  [details]
Italian foca monaca  [details]
Lithuanian viduržemio jūros ruonis vienuolis  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Μεσογειακή φώκια  [details]
Polish mniszka śródziemnomorska  [details]
Romanian foca cu burtă albă  [details]
Romanian foca-episcop  [details]
Russian тюлень-монах  [details]
Slovenian redozemska medvedjica  [details]
Slovenian Sredozemska medvedjica  [details]
Spanish foca monje  [details]
Spanish foca monje del Mediterráneo  [details]
Turkish Akdeniz foku  [details]
Ukrainian Тюлень середземноморський  [details]
Ukrainian Тюлень-монах  [details]
Ukrainian Тюлень-монах звичайний  [details]
Ukrainian Тюлень-монах середземноморський  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Arabian Sea [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Black Sea [details]
Cabo Blanco [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greece [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Madeira [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Morocco [details]
North West Africa [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Host of  Lepidophthirus piriformis Blagoveshtchensky, 1966 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Monachus monachus
Monachus monachus
added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Monachus monachus
Monachus monachus
added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Monachus monachus
Monachus monachus
added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Monachus monachus
Monachus monachus
added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Monachus monachus
Monachus monachus
added on 2010-02-13 - author: Collection VLIZ ()
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Monachus monachus
Monachus monachus
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137081
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). Monachus monachus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137081 on 2013-05-20
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