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Phoca groenlandica Erxleben, 1777 
AphiaID: 137082

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Pinnipedia (Infraorder) > Phocidae (Family) > Phoca (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777)
Rank Species
Parent Phoca Linnaeus, 1758
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 
Bulgarian Grenlаndski tyulen  [details]
Bulgarian Гренландски тюлен  [details]
Danish Grønlandssæl  [details]
Dutch zadelrob  [details]
English harp seal  [details]
French phoque du Groenland  [details]
German Sattelrobbe  [details]
Italian foca della Groenlandia  [details]
Lithuanian Grenlandinis ruonis  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Φώκια της Γροιλανδίας  [details]
Polish foka grenlandzka  [details]
Romanian foca-de-Groenlanda  [details]
Russian гренландский тюлень  [details]
Slovenian sedlasti tjulenj  [details]
Spanish foca de Groenlandia  [details]
Spanish foca pía  [details]
Turkish Grönland focu  [details]
Turkish Grönland foku  [details]
Turkish semer foku  [details]
Turkish semer sırtlı fok  [details]
Ukrainian гренландський тюлень  [details]
Ukrainian Тюлень гренландський  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Arctic Ocean [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (362 publications)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (97 nucleotides; 101 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Image 
Phoca groenlandica
Phoca groenlandica
added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137082
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2007-12-26 22:05:46Z  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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  Citation: Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2013). Phoca groenlandica Erxleben, 1777. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137082 on 2013-05-23
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