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Hydrodamalis gigas (Steller's sea cow)
Taxonomy
Manati gigas was named by Zimmermann (1780) [No type specimen has been designated (Domning, 1996).]. Its type specimen is none designated and is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Rytina gigas by Gray (1850) and Gray (1866); it was recombined as Rhytina gigas by Woodward (1885), Lydekker (1887), Trouessart (1898) and Abel (1904); it was recombined as Manatus gigas by Lucas (1891); it was recombined as Hydrodamalis gigas by Palmer (1895), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Domning (1978), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Forsten and Youngman (1982), Furusawa and Kohno (1994), Domning (1994), Domning (1996), Rice (1998), Furusawa (2005), Domning (2008) and Voss (2014).
It was recombined as Rytina gigas by Gray (1850) and Gray (1866); it was recombined as Rhytina gigas by Woodward (1885), Lydekker (1887), Trouessart (1898) and Abel (1904); it was recombined as Manatus gigas by Lucas (1891); it was recombined as Hydrodamalis gigas by Palmer (1895), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Domning (1978), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Forsten and Youngman (1982), Furusawa and Kohno (1994), Domning (1994), Domning (1996), Rice (1998), Furusawa (2005), Domning (2008) and Voss (2014).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1780 | Manati gigas Zimmermann p. 426 |
1785 | Manati balaenurus Boddaert p. 173 |
1794 | Hydrodamalis stelleri Retzius p. 292 |
1800 | Rytina balaenurus Bechstein p. 732 |
1814 | Nepus stelleri Fischer von Waldheim p. 641 |
1815 | Rytina cetacea Illiger p. 68 |
1829 | Rytina stelleri Fischer p. 504 |
1837 | Rhytine stelleri Burmeister p. 793 |
1849 | Rhytina borealis Brandt |
1849 | Rhytina stellerus Brandt p. 2 |
1850 | Rytina gigas Gray p. 144 |
1866 | Rytina gigas Gray p. 365 |
1885 | Rhytina gigas Woodward p. 425 |
1887 | Rhytina gigas Lydekker p. 15 |
1891 | Manatus gigas Lucas p. 623 |
1895 | Hydrodamalis gigas Palmer p. 449 |
1898 | Rhytina gigas Trouessart p. 1008 |
1902 | Hydrodamalis gigas Hay p. 584 |
1904 | Rhytina gigas Abel p. 215 |
1912 | Rhytina stelleri Turner p. 158 |
1925 | Rhytina stelleri Zittel p. 266 |
1930 | Hydrodamalis gigas Hay p. 657 |
1963 | Hydrodamalis gigas Scheffer and Rice p. 4 |
1978 | Hydrodamalis gigas Domning |
1980 | Hydrodamalis gigas Kurten and Anderson p. 340 |
1982 | Hydrodamalis gigas Forsten and Youngman |
1994 | Hydrodamalis gigas Domning p. 189 |
1994 | Hydrodamalis gigas Furusawa and Kohno p. 27 |
1996 | Hydrodamalis gigas Domning p. 390 |
1998 | Hydrodamalis gigas Rice p. 132 |
2005 | Hydrodamalis gigas Furusawa p. 31 |
2008 | Hydrodamalis gigas Domning p. 528 |
2014 | Hydrodamalis gigas Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3 |
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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.
†Hydrodamalis gigas Zimmermann 1780 [Steller's sea cow]
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Invalid names: Hydrodamalis stelleri Retzius 1794 [synonym], Manati balaenurus Boddaert 1785 [synonym], Rhytina borealis Brandt 1849 [synonym], Rhytina stellerus Brandt 1849 [synonym], Rytina cetacea Illiger 1815 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available