WoRMS taxon details
Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 450780
AphiaID: 450780
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Sirenia (Order) > Trichechidae (Family) > Trichechus (Genus) > Trichechus manatus (Species) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Subspecies | |||||||
| Parent | Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [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] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic Coast of South America [details] Caribbean Sea [details] | |||||||
| Link | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:450780 | |||||||
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| Citation: Self-Sullivan, C. (2013). Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450780 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||
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