Lobodon carcinophaga

(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842)

Crabeater Seal

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Phocoidea
Family : Phocidae
Genus : Lobodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hombron, J.B. and Jacquinot, H. 1842-04. Première Livraison. Mammifères pls. 10, 10A, 20, 20A; Ophidiens pl. 6 in Hombron, J.B. and Jacquinot, H. 1842-1853. Voyage au pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée. Zoologie. Gide et Baudry, Paris, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45370914

Original name as described

Phoca carcinophaga

Type material

MNHN-ZM-AC-1883-1545

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-1883-1545

Type locality

no type locality given. Identified by J. B. Hombron and H. Jacquinot in 1853 as "sur les glaces du Pole Sud, entre les îles Sandwich et les îles Powels, à 150 lieues de distance de chacune de ces îles." (= about the ice of the south pole, between [south] Sandwich and Powel [= south Orkney] Islands, 150 leagues [= 724 km] distance from each of these islands).

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Antarctica · Argentina · Australia · Brazil · Chile · Falkland Islands · New Zealand · South Africa · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Uruguay

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005917

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Phoca carcinophaga

(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

carcinophaga

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-1883-1545

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-1883-1545

Authority page

pl. 10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45370914

Authority publication

Paris

Lobodon carcinophaga

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Phocidae

Root name

carcinophaga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12246/45226918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Stenorhynchus serridens

(R. Owen, 1843)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

serridens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

331

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2237847

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lobodon cancrivora

J. E. Gray, 1844

Family

Phocidae

Root name

cancrivora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957434

Authority publication

London

Lobodon carcinophagus

Berg, 1898

Family

Phocidae

Root name

carcinophagus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11655970

Authority publication

Comunicaciones del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires

Name usages

  1. Lahille (1899:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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