Lobodon carcinophaga

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Carnivora; Phocidae; Lobodon; Lobodon carcinophaga; Antarc*; Antarctic; Crabeater Seal; Scotia Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11345141; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/503D9AD56CDED7E63A400B1A0CAB2927

Lobodon carcinophaga (Hombron and Jacquinot 1842) [Phoca] carcinophaga Hombron and Jacquinot 1842, in: Dumont d'Uville, Voy. Pole Sud., Zool., Altas: Mammiferes: pl. 10 [1842], see also vol. 3: Mammiferes et Oiseaux, p. 27 [1853]. Type Locality: "capturé sur les glaces du Pole Sud, entre les îles Sandwich et les îles Powels, à 150 lieues de distance de chacune de ces îles." [Scotia Sea (midway between South Orkney and South Sandwich Isls) (Br. Antarct. Trust Terr.)]. Vernacular Names: Crabeater Seal. Synonyms: Lobodon serridens (Owen 1843). Distribution: Antarctic seas, frequently on pack ice around Antarctic Continent. Vagrant populations: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Falkland Isls, New Zealand, South Africa, Tasmania, Uruguay. Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: This species has often been listed incorrectly as L. carcinophagus (Rice, 1998). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 597, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519