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Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) 
AphiaID: 220227

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Sirenia (Order) > Dugongidae (Family) > Dugong (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Dugong Lacépède, 1799
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: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species Identification Guide. Rome. 312 p. [details]

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		 
Language   Name 
English dugong  [details]
Turkish dugong  [details]
Distribution Comores [details]
Dodori [details]
Eritrea [details]
Gazi [details]
Indo-Pacific [details]
Kenya [details]
Kiunga Marine National Reserve [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mkokoni Creeks [details]
Mozambique [details]
Msambweni Reef [details]
Shimoni [details]
Siyu Channel [details]
Somalia [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (490 nucleotides; 96 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters [details]

Habitat: coastal, also in bays and channels [details]
Images 
Dugong dugon
Dugong dugon
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Self-Sullivan, Caryn on 2012-11-08 15:15:33

Dugong dugon, Australia, (c) Doug Perrine, seapics.com
Dugong dugon, Australia, (c) Doug Perrine, seapics.com
added on 2010-02-13 - author: Self-Sullivan, Caryn
qualitystatus: checked by Self-Sullivan, Caryn on 2010-02-13 13:28:17

Dugong dugon
Dugong dugon
added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection
qualitystatus: not checked

Dugong dugon
Dugong dugon
added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220227
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-05-01 08:58:20Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-02-05 17:38:18Z  checked  Self-Sullivan, Caryn
  
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  Citation: Self-Sullivan, C. (2013). Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220227 on 2013-05-22
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