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Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895

Dugong dugon, Australia, (c) Doug Perrine, seapics.com

AphiaID

220227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220227)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Dugong Lacépède, 1799

Original name

Trichechus dugon Müller, 1776

Synonymised names

Halicore dugong (Gmelin) Illiger, 1811 · unaccepted

Halicore halicore Hilmy, 1949 · unaccepted

Trichechus dugon Müller, 1776 · unaccepted

Trichechus dugong Gmelin, 1788 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

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. GN Raspe, Niirnberg. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52710030
page(s): 21 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters

Distribution widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220227 on 2026-09-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-05-01 08:58:20Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-02-05 17:38:18Z

checked

Self-Sullivan, Caryn

2019-05-23 20:18:42Z

changed

Domning, Daryl

2019-05-28 19:18:56Z

changed

Domning, Daryl

2020-09-08 06:03:09Z

changed

Domning, Daryl

Licensing

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Nomenclature

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)]. Lipsiae Impensis Georg. Emanuel Beer. II(6): 1662 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.545 [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. Proceedings of the Egyptian Academy of Sciences. 4: 1–14. [details]

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. GN Raspe, Niirnberg. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52710030
page(s): 21 [details]

basis of record Domning, D. P. (1996). Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. (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. Publications from USDA-ARS/UNL Faculty. 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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Other

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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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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]