WoRMS taxon details
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
220227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220227)
accepted
Species
Halicore dugong (Gmelin) Illiger, 1811 · unaccepted
Halicore halicore Hilmy, 1949 · unaccepted
Trichechus dugon Müller, 1776 · unaccepted
Trichechus dugong Gmelin, 1788 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trichechus dugon Müller, 1776) Müller, P. L. S. (1776). Des Ritters Carl von Linne. Vollstandigen Natursystems Supplements und Register-band iuber alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs. <em>GN Raspe, Niirnberg.</em>
page(s): 21 [details]
page(s): 21 [details]
Distribution widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters
Distribution widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters [details]
WoRMS (2025). Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220227 on 2025-05-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trichechus dugon Müller, 1776) Müller, P. L. S. (1776). Des Ritters Carl von Linne. Vollstandigen Natursystems Supplements und Register-band iuber alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs. <em>GN Raspe, Niirnberg.</em>
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Halicore halicore Hilmy, 1949) Hilmy, I. S. (1949). New paramphistomes from the Red Sea dugong, Halicore halicore, with description of Solenorchis gen. n. and Solenorchinae subf. n. <em>Proceedings of the Egyptian Academy of Sciences.</em> 4: 1–14. [details]
original description (of Trichechus dugong Gmelin, 1788) Gmelin, J.F. (1788). Carolia Linne Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. (ed. 13). [ Charles Linnaeus's System of Nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. (ed. 13)]. <em>Lipsiae Impensis Georg. Emanuel Beer.</em> II(6): 1662 pp. [details]
basis of record Domning, D. P. (1996). Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> (80): 1-611., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/SmithsonianContributions/Paleobiology/sc_RecordSingle.cfm?filename=SCtP-0080 [details]
new combination reference Palmer, T. S. (1895). The Earliest Name for Steller's Sea Cow and Dugong. <em>Publications from USDA-ARS/UNL Faculty.</em> 477. [details]
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Halicore halicore Hilmy, 1949) Hilmy, I. S. (1949). New paramphistomes from the Red Sea dugong, Halicore halicore, with description of Solenorchis gen. n. and Solenorchinae subf. n. <em>Proceedings of the Egyptian Academy of Sciences.</em> 4: 1–14. [details]
original description (of Trichechus dugong Gmelin, 1788) Gmelin, J.F. (1788). Carolia Linne Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. (ed. 13). [ Charles Linnaeus's System of Nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. (ed. 13)]. <em>Lipsiae Impensis Georg. Emanuel Beer.</em> II(6): 1662 pp. [details]
basis of record Domning, D. P. (1996). Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> (80): 1-611., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/SmithsonianContributions/Paleobiology/sc_RecordSingle.cfm?filename=SCtP-0080 [details]
new combination reference Palmer, T. S. (1895). The Earliest Name for Steller's Sea Cow and Dugong. <em>Publications from USDA-ARS/UNL Faculty.</em> 477. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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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]
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters [details]Habitat coastal, also in bays and channels [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (84 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dugong dugon)
To GenBank (134281 nucleotides; 185 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dugong dugon)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (84 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dugong dugon)
To GenBank (134281 nucleotides; 185 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dugong dugon)
To ITIS
