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Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol. vol.7 p.437

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Phocidae
genus
Leptonychotes
species
Leptonychotes weddellii

Name

Synonyms
Leptonyx weddellii (Lesson, 1826)
Ogmorhinus weddelli (Lesson, 1826)
Otaria weddellii Lesson, 1826
Homonyms
Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826)
Common names
Foca de Weddell in Spanish
Foca de Weddell in language.
Phoque de Weddell in French
Phoque de Weddell in French
Phoque de Weddell in French
Weddell Seal in English
Weddell Seal in English
Weddell Seal in English
Weddell Seal in English
Weddell Seal in English
Weddell Seal in English
Weddell seal in English
Weddell's Seal in English
Weddell-Robbe in German
Weddell-Robbe in German
\ Weddell's Seal in English
\ Weddell-Robbe in English
Weddell Seal in English
Foca de Weddell in Spanish
Weddell seal in English
Weddell seal in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  2. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022. 10.1111/cobi.13885
  5. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  6. Stirling, Ian, 1971: Leptonychotes weddelli. Mammalian Species, no. 6. 1-5.
  7. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  8. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  9. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  10. Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
  11. van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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