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Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758

Trichechus Dugong dugon

AphiaID

159504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159504)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Trichechidae Gill, 1872
Trichechinae (Gill, 1872) Domning, 1994

Parent

Trichechinae (Gill, 1872) Domning, 1994

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Species Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

CaRMS (2021). Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159504 on 2025-05-15

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159504 on 2025-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-30 07:43:33Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-02-05 17:38:18Z

checked

Self-Sullivan, Caryn

2020-09-03 05:28:51Z

changed

Domning, Daryl

2020-09-07 11:41:29Z

changed

Domning, Daryl

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

basis of record 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]

additional source 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]