Data and maps

Observation / specimen counts

There are 7840 observations / specimens of this taxa in the database from 1978 to 2006.

7840 species distribution records for this taxa are published to GBIF, OBIS

7682 species distribution records are south of 60 deg south.

Habitat domain - Marine

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or search within the following collections -

APIS - Antarctic Pack Ice Seals 1994-1999, plus historical data from the 1980's Details	7,197 data pts
Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean Details	643 data pts

Specialised applications for this taxa

Satellite tracking via ARGOS (1990-present) or view list of tracking deployments for this species

Distribution map

Polar projection map of the occurrence records of this taxa.

Warning - Validation efforts are incomplete. There may be a few spurious positions that require editing.