Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia > Infraorder Pinnipedia > Family Phocidae > Genus Halichoerus

Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Phoca Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Halichoerus*	Nilsson, 1820	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phoca grypus*	Fabricius, 1791	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): gråsel; havert sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: gråsæl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grijze zeehond; kegelrob sources: Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.

English: gray seal; grey seal sources: Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Grey Seal sources: Charles Hussey

French: phoque gris sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Kegelrobbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Γκρίζα φώκια sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): יפעתן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: alichero; foca grigia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: ilgasnukis ruonis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: gråsel; havert sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: gråsel; havert sources: Skr. Nat. Selsk. Copenhagen, 1(2):167

Norwegian Nynorsk: gråsel; havert sources: Skr. Nat. Selsk. Copenhagen, 1(2):167

Nynorsk (Norwegian): gråsel; havert sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: foka szara sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: длинномордый; или серый тюлень sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: sivi tjulenj sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: foca de gris; foca gris sources: Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: gråsäl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: boz fok; gri fok; grifok sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: довгомордий тюлень sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morlo llwyd

Literature

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
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
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.
additional source	Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (eds.). 1993. Mammal species of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.
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.
additional source	Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (189 nucleotides; 212 proteins)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (48 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (231 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2014). Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137080

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305343