Cystophora cristata
(Bladdernose Seal, Hooded Seal)Overview:
Conservation Status
Taxonomy
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Chromista
T. Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Chromists
- Subkingdom: Chromobiota
Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Infrakingdom: Heterokonta
(Cavalier-Smith, 1986) Cavalier-Smith, 1995 - Heterokonts
- Phylum: Ochrophyta
(Cavalier-Smith, 1986) T. Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Subphylum: Phaeista
Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Infraphylum: Chrysista
(Cavalier-Smith, 1986) Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Superclass: Phaeistia
Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Class: Phaeophyceae
- Order: Fucales
Kylin
- Family: Cystoseiraceae
- Subfamily: Phocinae
- Tribe: Phocini
- Genus: Cystophora
Nilsson, 1820 - Hooded Seals
- Specific descriptor: cristata (Erxleben, 1777)
- Scientific name: Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777)
- Specific descriptor: cristata (Erxleben, 1777)
- Genus: Cystophora
Nilsson, 1820 - Hooded Seals
- Tribe: Phocini
- Subfamily: Phocinae
- Family: Cystoseiraceae
- Order: Fucales
Kylin
- Class: Phaeophyceae
- Superclass: Phaeistia
Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Infraphylum: Chrysista
(Cavalier-Smith, 1986) Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Subphylum: Phaeista
Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Phylum: Ochrophyta
(Cavalier-Smith, 1986) T. Cavalier-Smith, 1995
- Infrakingdom: Heterokonta
(Cavalier-Smith, 1986) Cavalier-Smith, 1995 - Heterokonts
- Subkingdom: Chromobiota
Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Kingdom: Chromista
T. Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Chromists
Notes:
Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Oct-2003
Physical Description
Images:
Distribution
Aquatic Regions
Atlantic-northeastAtlantic-northwest
Range and Population
North America
Habitat
Biome
Terrestrial; Marine
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cystophora:
There are approximately 38 species and subspecies in this genus: C. antillarum · C. botryocystis · C. brownii · C. congesta · C. craterioides · C. cristata (Bladdernose Seal) · C. crystata · C. cuspidata · C. cymodocea · C. cymodoceae · C. distenda · C. distenta · C. expansa · C. fibrosa · C. fruticosum · C. fruticulosa · C. galapagensis · C. gracilis · C. grevillei · C. harveyi · C. intermedia · C. monilifera · C. moniliformis · C. myrica · C. pectinata · C. platylobium · C. polycystidea · C. racemosa · C. racemosa var. reflexa · C. retorta · C. retroflexa · C. scalaris · C. siliquosa · C. subfarcinata · C. subfarinata · C. tenuis · C. torulosa · C. xiphocarpa
Bibliography
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Rice, Dale W. 1998. Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. The Society for Marine Mammalogy. Lawrence, Kansas, USA. ix + 231. ISBN: 1-891276-03-4.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
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Notes
Contributors:
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
Data Sources:
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:
- EMAN Provider, PIROP
- Field Museum, Mammal specimens
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bay of Fundy Species List
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, SEAMAP - marine mammals, birds and turtles
- Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
- University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum Mammal Collection
Identifiers:
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180657
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13807831
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAJG05010
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4221
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