Phoca Linnaeus, 1758
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4572145 |
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Genus Phoca Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL View at ENA
In Korea, two species, P. largha and P. vitulina have been listed in the North Pacific Ocean. Since P. largha was initially classified as a subspecies of P. vitulina , the name P. vitulina has been frequently used for P. largha . Also, the Korean common names for the two species (both called ‘spotted’ seals) led to further confusion, with P. vitulina erroneously recorded for P. largha . The South Korean government designated P. vitulina an Endangered Species in 1997 and a Protected Marine Species in 2007 but delisted P. vitulina from both lists in 2012 due to absence of records in the waters of Korea.
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