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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Eumetopias jubatus

Steller Sea Lion

WoRMS 254999ITIS 180625key worms:254999
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2026-08-05: itis_id 180625 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Andy Wilson · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Eumetopias jubatus
Steller Sea Lion3.2 m
a person1.7 m

max · worms_attribute

Steller sea lion on rocks
Photo · Rolf Ream · Public domain · commons

The Steller sea lion, also known as Steller's sea lion or the northern sea lion, is a large, near-threatened species of sea lion, predominantly found in the coastal marine habitats of the northeast Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Northwest regions of North America, from north-central California to Oregon, Washington and…W CalCOFI holds 3 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1990 and 2004.R

3
observations
3
records
3
sampling events
1990–2004
years
1
datasets

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Groups

calcofi:marine_mammals

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Seabirds & Marine Mammals table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/farallon_bird-mammal.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:254999%22