MCZ Mammalogy 63302

Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777)

Date Collected:

1997-09-13

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Essex | Newbury, Plum Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:63302 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777)
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Pinnipedia Phocidae
Common Name(s): bladdernose seal; hooded seal; phoque à capuchon
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

  • None

  • additional number: CFS 1671
  • other number: MH-97-579-Cc

Part Condition Disposition Count
skeleton (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
skull (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
age class juvenile [no agent data]
axillary girth 79 cm [no agent data]
curvilinear length 120 cm [no agent data]
Remarks: dorsal curvilinear length
total length 109 cm [no agent data]
unformatted measurements anal girth= 34 cm [no agent data]
unformatted measurements front flipper ant. length= 18 cm [no agent data]
unformatted measurements ventral standard length= 107 cm [no agent data]
unformatted measurements maximum girth= 82 cm [no agent data]
unformatted measurements dorsal standard length= 109 cm [no agent data]
unformatted measurements hind flipper ant. length= 23 cm [no agent data]

  • None

  • see NEAQ necropsy report for blubber thickness measurements

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Essex
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002359 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Newbury, Plum Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • MA: Essex Co.; Newbury, Plum Island
  • Georeference:
  • 42.7616340°, -70.798988° (Error radius: 7131m) By: Mark Omura on 2021-07-14 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1997-09-13
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 13 Sept 1997
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Locality and Collecting date from NOAA database.
  • Collector:
  • New England Aquarium

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

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