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Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmerman, 1780) † 
AphiaID: 255025

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Sirenia (Order) > Dugongidae (Family) > Hydrodamalis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Hydrodamalis Retzius, 1794
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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Steller's sea cow  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range fossil only
Distribution Northern North Pacific [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  IUCN Red List Category: extinct [details]
Image 
Hydrodamalis gigas, sketch and palate by J.F. Brandt
Hydrodamalis gigas, sketch and palate by J.F. Brandt
added on 2010-02-13 - author: Self-Sullivan, Caryn
qualitystatus: checked by Self-Sullivan, Caryn on 2010-02-13 13:39:50
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255025
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-12-26 22:05:46Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-02-05 17:38:18Z  changed  Self-Sullivan, Caryn
  
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  Citation: Self-Sullivan, C. (2013). Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmerman, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255025 on 2013-06-18
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