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Genus Hydrurga Gistel, 1848

  • Hydrurga Gistel, J. 1848. Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs für höhere Schulen. Stuttgart [11] [nom. nov. for Stenorhinchus Geoffroy and Cuvier, 1826].
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Scheffer, V.B. 1958. Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses. A review of the Pinnipedia. Stanford : Stanford University Press x 179 pp. 32 pls.
  • Stenorhynchus Gray, J.E. 1825. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of the Mammalia into tribes and families with a list of the genera apparently appertaining to each tribe. Annals of Philosophy ns 10: 337-344 [publication date established from Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Mem. Aust. Mus. 6: i–xii 1–122 (Order Pinnipedia pp. 87–89)] [340] [nom. nud.; ex Cuvier vernacular].
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Scheffer, V.B. 1958. Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses. A review of the Pinnipedia. Stanford : Stanford University Press x 179 pp. 32 pls.
  • Stenorhinchus Geoffroy [Saint-Hilaire], É. & Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. 1826. Phoques. Vol. 39 in, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Strasbourg & Paris (1816–1830). 540-590 pp. [publication date established from Scheffer, V.B. 1958. Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses. A review of the Pinnipedia. Stanford : Stanford Univ. Press x 179 pp. 32 pls] [549] [junior homonym of Stenorhynchus Hemprich, 1820, Stenorhynchus Dejean, 1821, Stenorhynchus Dahl, 1823].
    Type species:
     Phoca leptonyx Blainville, 1820 by original designation.
  • Ogmorhinus Peters, W.C.H. 1875. Über eine neue Art von Seebären, Arctophoca gazella, von der Kerguelen-Inseln. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1875: 393-399 [publication date established from Scheffer, V.B. 1958. Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses. A review of the Pinnipedia. Stanford : Stanford Univ. Press x 179 pp. 32 pls] [393] [nom. nov. for Stenorhinchus Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1826].
  • Stenorhynchotes Turner, W. 1888. Report on the seals collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger in the years 1873–76 (Vol. 26 No. 2. pp. 1–240 10 pls; Challenger Zool. Repts.; Pt 68). in, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Edinburgh Challenger Office, 1880–95. [publication date established from Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Mem. Aust. Mus. 6: i–xii 1–122 (Order Pinnipedia pp. 87–89)] [63] [alternative new name for Hydrurga Gistel, 1848, only in footnote].
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Scheffer, V.B. 1958. Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses. A review of the Pinnipedia. Stanford : Stanford University Press x 179 pp. 32 pls.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [87]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Antarctica, southern circumpolar.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Antarctic Region

  • Subantarctic Islands

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Distribution References

  • Kooyman, G.L. 1981. Leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx Blainville, 1820. pp. 261-274 in Ridgway, S.H. & Harrison, R.J. (eds). Handbook of Marine Mammals. Volume 2. Seals. London : Academic Press