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Taxonomy
Phoca groenlandica was named by Erxleben (1777). It is extant. It is the type species of Pagophilus.
It was recombined as Pagophilus groenlandica by Gill (1866), Koretsky (2001), Deméré et al. (2003), Davis et al. (2004) and Wilson and Reeder (2005); it was recombined as Phoca (Pagophilus) groenlandica by Allen (1880), Trouessart (1898) and Allen (1902); it was recombined as Pagophoca groenlandica by Trouessart (1904) and Kellogg (1922); it was recombined as Phoca (Pagophoca) groenlandica by Friant (1947); it was misspelled as Pagophilus groenlandicus by Gray (1866), Hay (1902), Turner (1912), Hay (1930), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Riedman (1990); it was recombined as Pagophilus groenlandicus by Gray (1850), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Nyakatura and Bininda-Emonds (2012), Cullen et al. (2014), Berta et al. (2018) and Kienle and Berta (2019).
It was recombined as Pagophilus groenlandica by Gill (1866), Koretsky (2001), Deméré et al. (2003), Davis et al. (2004) and Wilson and Reeder (2005); it was recombined as Phoca (Pagophilus) groenlandica by Allen (1880), Trouessart (1898) and Allen (1902); it was recombined as Pagophoca groenlandica by Trouessart (1904) and Kellogg (1922); it was recombined as Phoca (Pagophoca) groenlandica by Friant (1947); it was misspelled as Pagophilus groenlandicus by Gray (1866), Hay (1902), Turner (1912), Hay (1930), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Riedman (1990); it was recombined as Pagophilus groenlandicus by Gray (1850), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Nyakatura and Bininda-Emonds (2012), Cullen et al. (2014), Berta et al. (2018) and Kienle and Berta (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1777 | Phoca groenlandica Erxleben |
| 1847 | Phoca groenlandica Nilsson p. 288 |
| 1850 | Pagophilus groenlandicus Gray p. 25 |
| 1866 | Pagophilus groenlandica Gill p. 5 |
| 1866 | Pagophilus groenlandicus Gray p. 23 |
| 1880 | Phoca (Pagophilus) groenlandica Allen p. 630 |
| 1898 | Phoca (Pagophilus) groenlandica Trouessart p. 387 |
| 1902 | Phoca (Pagophilus) groenlandica Allen p. 475 |
| 1902 | Phoca groenlandica Hay p. 785 |
| 1904 | Pagophoca groenlandica Trouessart p. 287 |
| 1912 | Phoca groenlandica Turner p. 182 |
| 1922 | Pagophoca groenlandica Kellogg p. 123 |
| 1930 | Phoca groenlandica Hay p. 562 |
| 1947 | Phoca (Pagophoca) groenlandica Friant p. 7 |
| 1963 | Pagophilus groenlandicus Scheffer and Rice p. 3 |
| 1980 | Phoca groenlandica Kurten and Anderson p. 205 |
| 1990 | Phoca groenlandica Riedman p. 57 figs. Table 2 |
| 2001 | Pagophilus groenlandica Koretsky p. 86 |
| 2003 | Pagophilus groenlandica Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2004 | Pagophilus groenlandica Davis et al. p. 365 |
| 2005 | Pagophilus groenlandica Wilson and Reeder |
| 2012 | Pagophilus groenlandicus Nyakatura and Bininda-Emonds |
| 2014 | Pagophilus groenlandicus Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2018 | Pagophilus groenlandicus Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2019 | Pagophilus groenlandicus Kienle and Berta |
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Pagophilus groenlandica Erxleben 1777 [harp seal]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available