WoRMS taxon details
Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795
AphiaID: 255027
AphiaID: 255027
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Sirenia (Order) > Trichechidae (Family) > Trichechus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | West Africa [details] West Africa Coast [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: West Africa, from Mauritania to Angola [details] Habitat: in coastal marine waters, rivers, and estuaries [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255027 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Self-Sullivan, C. (2013). Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255027 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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