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Haligyna borealis

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Trichechus manatus borealis was named by Gmelin (1788).

It was recombined as Sirene borealis by Link (1794); it was recombined as Manatus borealis by Link (1795); it was recombined as Trichechus borealis by Shaw (1800); it was recombined as Rytina borealis by Illiger (1815); it was recombined as Stellerus borealis by Desmarest (1822); it was recombined as Haligyna borealis by Billberg (1827); it was synonymized subjectively with Hydrodamalis gigas by Forsten and Youngman (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Trichechus manatus borealis Gmelin p. 61
1794Sirene borealis Link p. 68
1795Manatus borealis Link p. 110
1800Trichechus borealis Shaw p. 240
1815Rytina borealis Illiger p. 64
1822Stellerus borealis Desmarest p. 510
1827Haligyna borealis Billberg p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyHydrodamalinae()
genusHaligyna
speciesborealis(Gmelin 1788)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Haligyna borealis Gmelin 1788
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Domning 1978
Collections
No collection or age range data are available