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 Phoca

Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phoca*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Bulgarian: obiknoven tyulen; Обикновен тюлен sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: gewone zeehond 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: common seal; harbour seal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Common Seal; Harbour seal sources: Charles Hussey

French: phoque veau marin; phoque veau-marin 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.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Greek: Φώκια των λιμανιών sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: fjordsel; steinkobbe sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:38

Norwegian Nynorsk: fjordsel; steinkobbe sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:38

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

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

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

Slovenian: navadni tjulenj sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: foca comoen; foca común; foca moteada 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: knubbsäl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: bayağı fok; liman focu; liman foku sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Звичайний тюлень; Тюлень звичайний sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morlo cyffredin

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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	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.

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Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1035 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (657 nucleotides; 189 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2014). Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758. 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:137084

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305353