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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Leptonychotes
Gill, 1872
- Weddell seal
(mammal)
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Entity:
Lobodontina (Subtribe)
..†Acrophoca (Genus)
..†Homiphoca (Genus)
..Hydrurga (Genus) - leopard seal
..Lobodon (Genus) - crabeater seal
..Ommatophoca (Genus) - Ross seal
..†Piscophoca (Genus)
..Leptonychotes (Genus) - Weddell seal
....Leptonychotes weddellii (Species) - Weddell seal
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Gill, 1872, nom. nov.
Original name
:
Gill, 1872:70.
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:
Original spelling
:
Attributes
New replacement name (: nom. nov.) [ICZN]
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005.
In
Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)
Mammal Species of the World
, Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
: 597.
Types
Type, by monotypy
:
Leptonychotes weddelli
(Lesson, 1826)
Type, by monotypy
:
Leptonychotes weddellii
(Lesson, 1826)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Leptonyx
(Genus)
Gray, 1837
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Peocilophoca
(Genus)
Lydekker, 1891
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Poecilophoca
(Genus)
Lydekker, 1891
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
Weddell seal
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