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Phoca
Linnaeus, 1758
- harbor, ringed, harp, and ribbon seals
(mammal)
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Entity:
Phocini (Tribe)
..†Cryptophoca (Genus)
..Cystophora (Genus) - hooded seal
..Erignathus (Genus) - bearded seal
..†Gryphoca (Genus)
..Halichoerus (Genus) - gray seal
..Histriophoca (Genus)
..†Leptophoca (Genus)
..Pagophilus (Genus)
..†Phocanella (Genus)
..†Platyphoca (Genus)
..†Pontophoca (Genus)
..†Praepusa (Genus)
..Pusa (Genus)
..Phoca (Genus) - harbor, ringed, harp, and ribbon seals
....Phoca largha (Species) - spotted seal
....Phoca vitulina (Species) - harbor seal
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank
:
Linnaeus, C. 1735.
Syst. Nat.
[ed. 1]
: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 37.
Types
Type of
:
Phocini
(Tribe)
Gray, 1821
Type, by Linnaean tautonymy
:
Phoca vitulina
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
: 38. ("Phoca s. Vitulus marinus
Gesn. aqu.
702.").
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new
]
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Phoca
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Arctias
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1815, nom. nud.
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Callocephalus
(Genus)
Salvin, 1882
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Caspiopusa
(Genus)
Dybowski, 1929
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Halicyon
(Genus)
Gray, 1864
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Haliphilus
(Genus)
Gray, 1866
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Pagomys
(Genus)
Gray, 1864
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Pagophoca
(Genus)
Trouessart, 1904
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Including
:
Histriophoca
(Genus)
Gill, 1873
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Including
:
Odobaenus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Including
:
Pagophilus
(Genus)
Gray, 1844
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Including
:
Pusa
(Genus)
Scopoli, 1777
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
harbor, ringed, harp, and ribbon seals
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