First record of the harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) extralimital presence in the Mediterranean Sea

The stranding of a harp seal on the beach in the municipality of Motril (southern Spain) represents the first record of this species in the Mediterranean Sea and the southernmost known report. It was a male which reached the beach very tired and sick, dying after two hours on the sand. The specimen p...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Marine Biodiversity Records
Main Authors: Bellido, Juan Jesús, Cabot, José, Castillo, Juan José, Báez, José Carlos, Martín, J. J., Mons, José Luis, Larios, J., Rubia, J., Real, R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2009
Subjects:
Harp seal
Mediterranean Sea
stranding
epibionts
Arctic
Harp Seal
Pagophilus groenlandicus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/50119
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755267209990959
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Summary:The stranding of a harp seal on the beach in the municipality of Motril (southern Spain) represents the first record of this species in the Mediterranean Sea and the southernmost known report. It was a male which reached the beach very tired and sick, dying after two hours on the sand. The specimen presented three species of epibionts. This is the second species of Arctic seal recorded in the Mediterranean Sea Peer reviewed

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