Taxon Profile: Leptonychotes weddellii

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
24
Common Name
Weddell Seal
Authority
(Lesson,1826)
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Pinnepedia
Family
Phocidae
Genus
Leptonychotes

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Catalogue id
IA4176
Caption
Tourists (Polar Pioneer, Aurora Expeditions)photo Weddell seals
Photographer
Powell, Stephen

Profile

Source of taxon data
CAVS
Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
CAVS 8.1 on 3-Jun-1994
Comments
CAVS 8.1 update:03-JUN-94

Traits

CAVS Identifier CAVS Identifier Y1552
CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier SLW

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