WoRMS taxon details
Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780) Palmer, 1895
255025 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255025)
accepted
Species
Manati gigas Zimmermann, 1780 · unaccepted (Genus on Official List of...)
Genus on Official List of Rejected & Invalid Names: ICZN Opinion 1320
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Manati gigas Zimmermann, 1780) Zimmermann, Eberhard August Wilhelm von. (1780). Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfuessigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Enthaelt ein vollstaendiges Verzeichniss aller bekannten Quadrupeden. 1-432. Leipzig, Weygandschen Buchhandlung., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN577848003 [details]
WoRMS (2023). Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780) Palmer, 1895. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255025 on 2023-12-09
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(of Manati gigas Zimmermann, 1780) Zimmermann, Eberhard August Wilhelm von. (1780). Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfuessigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Enthaelt ein vollstaendiges Verzeichniss aller bekannten Quadrupeden. 1-432. Leipzig, Weygandschen Buchhandlung., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN577848003 [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source 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]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
IUCN Red List Category extinct [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Steller's sea cow | [details] |
