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

Phocidae Gray, 1821

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cystophora Nilsson, 1820
Erignathus Gill, 1866
Halichoerus Nilsson, 1820
Monachus Fleming, 1822
Pagophilus Gray, 1844
Phoca Linnaeus, 1758
Pusa Scopoli, 1771

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: zeehonden sources: de Ruijter, E.; Schoenmaker, A. (Ed.) (1989). Zeeboek [The sea book]. 2nd revised ed. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij JBU / Stichting Uitgeverij KNNV: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5107-007-1. 238 pp.

English: true seals

Norwegian: selfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: selfamilien sources: London Med. Repos., 15:297

Norwegian Nynorsk: selfamilien sources: London Med. Repos., 15:297

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

Swedish: öronlösa sälar

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	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.

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2014). Phocidae. 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:136976