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 Monachus

Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Phoca Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Monachus*	Fleming, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phoca monachus*	Hermann, 1779	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: foka e Mesdheut sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: tyulen monаh; Тюлен монах sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: monniksrob sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Mediterranean monk seal; monk seal sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms;William M. Johnson, Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, Panagiotis Dendrinos, Pablo Fernández de Larrinoa, Manel Gazo, Luis Mariano González, Harun Güçlüsoy, Rosa Pires, Matthias Schnellmann. (2006). Monk Seal Fact Files. Biology, Behaviour, Status and Conservation William M. Johnson, Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, Panagiotis Dendrinos, Pablo Fernández de Larrinoa, Manel

English-United States: Mediterranean monk seal

French: phoque moine sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Mittelmeer-Mönchsrobbe; Mönchsrobbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

Polish: mniszka śródziemnomorska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: foca cu burtă albă; foca-episcop sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: тюлень-монах sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: redozemska medvedjica; Sredozemska medvedjica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: foca monje; foca monje del Mediterráneo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: Akdeniz foku sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Тюлень середземноморський; Тюлень-монах; Тюлень-монах звичайний; Тюлень-монах середземноморський

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

Taxon found in 94 publications.

7 specimens with barcodes

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GenBank (30 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2014). Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779). 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:137081

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305345