Halichoerus

Halichoerus grypus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phocoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Cladus: Canoidea Infraordo: Arctoidea Cladus: Pan-Pinnipedia Cladus: Pinnipedimorpha Cladus: Pinnipediformes Parvordo: Pinnipedia Superfamilia: Phocoidea

Familia: Phocidae
Subfamilia: Phocinae
Tribus: Phocini
Genus: Halichoerus
Species (1): H. grypus

Name

Halichoerus Nilsson, 1820: 376 [conserved name]

• Type species: Phoca grypus Fabricius, 1791, by subsequent designation by Allen (1880).
• Gender: masculine.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 91 (1926: 1) and Direction 24 (1955: 222).

References

Primary references

• Nilsson, S. 1820. Skandinavisk fauna. En handbok för jägare och zoologer. Första Delen. Däggande Djuren. Berlingska Boktryckeriet: Lund. 419 pp.
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature. 1926. Opinion 91. Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4): 1–2. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1955. Direction 24. Completion of the entries relating to the names of certain genera in the class Mammalia made on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C: 219–246. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• dansk: Gråsæl
• Deutsch: Kegelrobbe
• English: Grey Seal
• eesti: Hallhüljes
• suomi: Harmaahylje
• français: Phoque gris
• 日本語: ハイイロアザラシ属
• Nederlands: Grijze zeehond
• norsk: Havert
• svenska: Gråsäl