Biodiversity - List Species on a Lineage

Authority Name Antarctic Seals Conservation Regulations 1986
Authority Name (Expanded) Antarctic Seals Conservation Regulations 1986
Authority URL http://www.antdiv.gov.au/environment/permits/permitinfo/AntarcSealsConserv86.pdf
Date Signed 1-Jan-1986
Date Ratified
Current Yes
Category Convention Measures
Purpose/Comments Made under the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980. Describes requirements for activities involving seals indigenous to the Antarctic.

List of 10 species sorted by kingdom to species. (View same list sorted by Family)

See full details on a species by clicking on the Taxon Id.

Animalia

Chordata

Mammalia

Carnivora

Otariidae

      Arctocephalus australis South American Fur Seal Zimmerman, 1783   Specially Protected
      Arctocephalus forsteri New Zealand Fur Seal (Lesson,1828)   Specially Protected
      Arctocephalus gazella Antarctic Fur Seal (Peters,1875)   Specially Protected
      Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus Australian Fur Seal (Schreber,1775)   Specially Protected
      Arctocephalus tropicalis Subantarctic Fur Seal (Gray,1872)   Specially Protected

Pinnepedia

Phocidae

      Hydrurga leptonyx Leopard Seal (Blainville,1820)   Not set
      Leptonychotes weddellii Weddell Seal (Lesson,1826)   Not set
      Lobodon carcinophaga Crabeater Seal (Hombron and Jacquinot,1842)   Not set
      Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seal (Linnaeus,1758)   Not set
      Ommatophoca rossii Ross Seal Gray,1844   Specially Protected