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Taxon: Genus Phoca Linnaeus, 1758 - harbor, ringed, harp, and ribbon seals (mammal)
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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 ofPhocini (Tribe) Gray, 1821
Type, by Linnaean tautonymyPhoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 38. ("Phoca s. Vitulus marinus Gesn. aqu. 702."). [new]

Variants

Unavailable namePhoca (Genus) nom. inval.

Synonyms

Synonymous nameArctias (Genus) Rafinesque, 1815, nom. nud. Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameCallocephalus (Genus) Salvin, 1882 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameCaspiopusa (Genus) Dybowski, 1929 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameHalicyon (Genus) Gray, 1864 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameHaliphilus (Genus) Gray, 1866 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous namePagomys (Genus) Gray, 1864 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous namePagophoca (Genus) Trouessart, 1904 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
IncludingHistriophoca (Genus) Gill, 1873 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
IncludingOdobaenus (Genus) nom. inval.
IncludingPagophilus (Genus) Gray, 1844 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
IncludingPusa (Genus) Scopoli, 1777 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameharbor, ringed, harp, and ribbon seals
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