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Halichoerus grypus
Taxonomy
Phoca grypus was named by Fabricius (1791). It is extant. It is the type species of Halichoerus.
It was recombined as Halichoerus (Halichoerus) grypus by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Halichoerus grypus by Nilsson (1847), Gray (1850), Gill (1866), Gray (1866), Allen (1880), Turner (1912), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Koretsky (2001), Demere et al. (2003) and Davis et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Halichoerus (Halichoerus) grypus by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Halichoerus grypus by Nilsson (1847), Gray (1850), Gill (1866), Gray (1866), Allen (1880), Turner (1912), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Koretsky (2001), Demere et al. (2003) and Davis et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1791 | Phoca grypus Fabricius |
| 1791 | Phoca grypus Fabricus |
| 1847 | Halichoerus grypus Nilsson p. 299 |
| 1850 | Halichoerus grypus Gray p. 30 |
| 1866 | Halichoerus grypus Gill p. 5 |
| 1866 | Halichoerus grypus Gray p. 34 |
| 1880 | Halichoerus grypus Allen p. 689 |
| 1898 | Halichoerus (Halichoerus) grypus Trouessart p. 381 |
| 1904 | Halichoerus (Halichoerus) grypus Trouessart p. 284 |
| 1912 | Halichoerus grypus Turner p. 189 |
| 1963 | Halichoerus grypus Scheffer and Rice p. 3 |
| 2001 | Halichoerus grypus Koretsky p. 85 |
| 2003 | Halichoerus grypus Demere et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2004 | Halichoerus grypus Davis et al. p. 365 |
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