Genus Ommatophoca Gray, 1844

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ommatophoca Gray, J.E. 1844. The seals of the southern hemisphere. 1-8 pls 1-10, 14-17 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror, under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. 1 Mammalia, birds. London : E.W. Janson [3].

  Type species:

   Ommatophoca rossi Gray, 1844 by subsequent designation, see Barrett-Hamilton, G.E.H. 1902. Report on the Collections of Natural History made in the Antarctic Regions During the Voyage of the Southern Cross. London : British Museum 66 pp. 1 pl

  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.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Antarctica and circumpolar.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Antarctic Region

• Subantarctic Islands

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast

Distribution References