Belgian Register of Marine Species - Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777)

URMO taxon details

Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777)

AphiaID

159019 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159019)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pagophilus Gray, 1844

Original name

Phoca groenlandica Erxleben, 1777

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Erxleben, J. C. P. (1777). Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates : cvm synonymia et historia animalivm : Classis I. Mammalia. 636pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872789
page(s): 588 [details]

Taxonomic citation

URMO (2021). Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159019 on 2025-06-15

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159019 on 2025-06-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2010-05-20 10:05:06Z

changed

Churchill, Morgan

2010-05-20 10:09:49Z

checked

Berta, Annalisa

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Erxleben, J. C. P. (1777). Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates : cvm synonymia et historia animalivm : Classis I. Mammalia. 636pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872789
page(s): 588 [details]

basis of record Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (1993). Mammal species of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press. , available online at http://vertebrates.si.edu/mammals/msw/ [details]

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p. [details]

additional source UNEP-WCMC. 16 February, 2004. Marine Mammals, available online at http://valhalla.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/marine_mammals/taxonomy/ [details]

additional source Waring, G.T., J.M. Quintal and C.P. Fairfield (eds.). 2002. U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico marine mammal dtock assessments, 2002. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS- NE- 169. 318 p. [details]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; J�z�quel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]