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 Pusa

Pusa hispida Schreber, 1775

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pusa*	Scopoli, 1771	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phoca hispida*	Schreber, 1775	synonym

Children

Phoca hispida botnica Gmelin, 1788
Phoca hispida hispida Schreber, 1775
Phoca hispida ladogensis Nordquist, 1899
Phoca hispida saimensis Nordquist, 1899

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: kleine zeehond; stinkrob

English: ringed seal sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: ringsel; snadd sources: Die Säugethiere, 2(13):pl. 86 [1775];1;

Norwegian Nynorsk: ringsel; snadd sources: Die Säugethiere, 2(13):pl. 86 [1775];1;

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

Polish: foka obrączokwana; nerpa obrączkowana sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: кольчатая нерпа sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: foca anillada; foca ocelada sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Ukrainian: Кільчаста нерпа

Literature

original description	Schreber, J. C. D. 1775. Die Säugetiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen (1774 - 1804).
basis of record	Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
additional source	Katona, S.K., V. Rough and D.J. Richardson. 1983. A field guide to the whales, porpoises and seals of the Gulf of Maine and eastern Canada, Cape Cod to Newfoundland. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 255 p.

Taxon found in 71 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (188 nucleotides; 98 proteins)
Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2014). Pusa hispida Schreber, 1775. 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:159021