Phoca largha Larga seal

Phoca largha is commonly referred to as Larga seal. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 100000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Phoca largha
German:: Largha-Robbe, Große Robbe
English:: Larga Seal

Category:: Ssaki

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Carnivora (Order) > Phocidae (Family) > Phoca (Genus) > largha (Species)
Initial determination:: Pallas, 1811

Occurrence:: Russland, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Bering Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, China, Chukchi Sea, Corea, Hokkaido Island, Japan, Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Okhotsk
Sea depth:: 0 - 300 Meter
Habitats:: Ice-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 19.69" - 66.93" (50cm - 170cm)
Weight:: 123 kg
Temperature:: 41 °F - 68 °F (5°C - 20°C)
Food:: Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Schrimps, Sepia
Tank:: 21997.84 gal (~ 100000L)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-02-15 16:54:56
Last edit:: 2024-10-11 19:39:15

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Phoca largha are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Phoca largha, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Phoca largha, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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A seal very similar to the harbor seal, inhabiting the North Pacific from Alaska along the Pacific coast of Siberia to Japan and Korea. Males grow to 1.7 meters in length, females to 1.6 meters, but are otherwise indistinguishable. Largha seals come onto the pack ice to breed. They give birth to their young there from February to May. Outside of the breeding season, they migrate south.

Synonym: Phoca hispida Schreber, 1775 · unaccepted (synonym)

External links

Alexander Semenov Website (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Spring haul-out behavior of seals in the Bering and Chukchi Seas: implications for abundance estimation (en). Abgerufen am 11.10.2024.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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