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Hydrodamalis Retzius, 1794 
AphiaID: 255024

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Sirenia (Order) > Dugongidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Dugongidae Gray, 1821
Sources  basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

additional source: 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]

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 Species Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmerman, 1780) †
Environment marine
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255024
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Date   action   by
2007-12-26 22:05:46Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-02-05 15:01:00Z  checked  Self-Sullivan, Caryn
  
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  Citation: Self-Sullivan, C. (2013). Hydrodamalis Retzius, 1794. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255024 on 2013-05-20
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