Characterization of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae isolated from a spotted seal (Phoca largha) (Pinnipedia: Phocidae) stranded in Korea [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIntroductionPhotobacterium damselae subsp. damselae (PDD) is an emerging marine bacterial pathogen that infects marine animals and humans, causing fatal necrotizing fasciitis and histamine fish poisoning.
Tae Seon Cha +13 more
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Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2013 Despite a long history of phocid studies, no fossil members of the Subfamily Cystophorinae have ever been described. New fossil material from the Middle Sarmatian (11.2-12.3 Ma) in the Paratethyan Basin of Ukraine allows emended diagnoses and ...
IRINA A. KORETSKY, SULMAN J. RAHMAT
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Fossil Phocidae in some Dutch collections (Mammalia, Carnivora) [PDF]
, 1987 Three cranial and seventy postcranial fossils are briefly described and identified as remains of Phocidae. Three of these are ascribed to the Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben, 1777), nineteen to the Grey or Atlantic Seal Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791), and the remainder to the Common or Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758). Five
Bree, P.J.H. (Peter) van +1 more
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Blood Morphology and Hematology of Adult Baikal Seals (Pusa sibirica Gmelin, 1788) Under Professional Care [PDF]
AnimalsStudying the blood cell morphology of marine mammals provides an opportunity to elucidate the physiological mechanisms of adaptive changes associated with the aquatic habitat that occur at the cellular level, as well as adaptations to changing ...
Polina Esipova +3 more
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A new large-bodied Pliocene seal with unusual cutting teeth [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Today, monachine seals display the largest body sizes in pinnipeds. However, the evolution of larger body sizes has been difficult to assess due to the murky taxonomic status of fossil seals, including fossils referred to Callophoca obscura, a species ...
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Phocidae species in Azores archipelago [PDF]
, 2022 List of Phocidae species recorded in Azores archipelago (Portugal).FUNDING: Azores PO 2020 - ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000072. This project was financed by FEDER in 85% and by Azorean Public funds by 15% through Operational Program Azores 2020.
Barreiros, João P. +1 more
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The Ancestral Carnivore Karyotype As Substantiated by Comparative Chromosome Painting of Three Pinnipeds, the Walrus, the Steller Sea Lion and the Baikal Seal (Pinnipedia, Carnivora). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Karyotype evolution in Carnivora is thoroughly studied by classical and molecular cytogenetics and supplemented by reconstructions of Ancestral Carnivora Karyotype (ACK).
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Caldasia, 2020 Se registraron los primeros avistamientos de elefantes marinos, probablemente elefantes marinos del sur, Mirounga leonina, en la costa Pacífica de Colombia. Un juvenil macho fue registrado en las playas de Piangüita y Magüipi (Valle del Cauca), del 23 al
Isabel Cristina Ávila +2 more
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Reappraisal of the extinct seal “Phoca” vitulinoides from the Neogene of the North Sea Basin, with bearing on its geological age, phylogenetic affinities, and locomotion [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background Discovered on the southern margin of the North Sea Basin, “Phoca” vitulinoides represents one of the best-known extinct species of Phocidae.
Leonard Dewaele +3 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of the Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 The Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii, which belongs to the family Phocidae, is an abundant pinniped that inhabits the Antarctica. Here, we present the complete mitochondrial genome and phylogeny of L. weddellii. The total length of the mitogenome is
Jong-U Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kim
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