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WoRMS taxon details

Otariidae Gray, 1825

AphiaID

231386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231386)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Pinnipedia

Direct children (8)

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Genus Arctocephalus Cuvier, 1827
Genus Callorhinus J.E. Gray, 1859
Genus Eumetopias Gill, 1866
Genus Neophoca Gray, 1866
Genus Otaria Shaw, 1800
Genus Phocarctos Peters, 1866
Genus Zalophus Gill, 1866
Subfamily Otariinae Gray, 1825 (Recent molecular studies have demonstrated that the subfamily may be invalid)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Otariidae Gray, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231386 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-05-17 09:54:26Z

created

Charbonneau, Danny

2010-05-20 10:05:06Z

changed

Churchill, Morgan

2010-05-20 10:09:49Z

checked

Berta, Annalisa

Licensing

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basis of record Shirihai, H. (2002). A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean. Alula Press FI 510 pp. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	eared seals	[details]
Japanese	アシカ科	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Otariidae)
To Genbank
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