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Trichechus manatus manatus

Osteichthyes - Sirenia - Trichechidae

Taxonomy
Trichechus manatus manatus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2005-03-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus p. 34
1994Trichechus manatus manatus Domning p. 189
2005Trichechus manatus manatus Domning p. 686 figs. Figure 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyTrichechidae()
familyTrichechinae()
genusTrichechus
speciesmanatus
subspeciesmanatus

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.

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Diagnosis
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