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 Cystophora

Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Phoca Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cystophora*	Nilsson, 1820	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phoca cristata*	Erxleben, 1777	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Dutch: klapmuts

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

English-United States: Hooded Seal sources: Charles Hussey

French: phoque à capuchon; phoques sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;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: Klappmütze sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Italian: cistofora crestata; foca dal berretto; foca dalla cresta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: klappmyss sources: Syst. Regni Anim., 1:590

Norwegian Nynorsk: klappmyss sources: Syst. Regni Anim., 1:590

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

Polish: kapturnik grzebieniasty sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Slovenian: kapičasti tjulen sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: foca capuchina; foca de casco sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: balonlu fok sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Welsh: morlo cycyllog

Literature

original description	Erxleben, J.C. P. 1777. Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre and Systema regni animalis. Göttingen.
basis of record	Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 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	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	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (369 publications)
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
GenBank (167 nucleotides; 188 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2014). Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777). 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:137078

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305339