WoRMS taxon details
Sirenia
AphiaID: 159502
AphiaID: 159502
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) |
| Authority | Illiger, 1811 | ||||||||||
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Order | ||||||||||
| Parent | Theria | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Domning, Daryl P. 1996. Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology Number 80. , available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/SmithsonianContributions/Paleobiology/sc_RecordSingle.cfm?filename=SCtP-0080 [details] [full text]
additional source: Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa | Family Dugongidae Gray, 1821 Family Prorastomidae Cope, 1889 † Family Protosirenidae Sickenberg, 1934 † Family Trichechidae Gill, 1872 | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159502 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Self-Sullivan, C. (2013). Sirenia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159502 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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