Siren

Siren lacertina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sirenoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Sirenoidea

Familia: Sirenidae
Genus: Siren
Species (5): S. intermedia – S. lacertina – S. nettingi – S. reticulata – S. sphagnicola

Name

Siren Österdam, 1766: 15

• Type species: Siren lacertina Österdam, 1766, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Siren Linnaeus, 1767
• Syren — Custis in Freeman & Custis, 1807
• Sirena — Fischer von Waldheim, 1813
• Sirene — Oken, 1816

References

Primary references

• Österdam, A. 1766. S. A. N. Siren Lacertina, Dissertatione Academica orbi erudito data quam venia Nob. Et experient. Fac. Med. Ad reg. Acad. Upsal. Praeside viro nobilissimo et experientissimo D: no doct. Carolo a Linne, Equite Aurato de Stella Polari . . . .. Upsaliae.

Additional references

• Graham, S.P., Kline, R., Steen, D.A. & Kelehear, C. 2018. Description of an extant salamander from the Gulf Coastal Plain of North America: The Reticulated Siren, Siren reticulata. PLoS ONE 13(12): e0207460. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207460 Reference page. 
• Fedler, M.T., Enge, K.M. & Moler, P.E. 2023. Unraveling Siren (Caudata: Sirenidae) systematics and description of a small, seepage specialist. Zootaxa 5258(4): 351–378. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5258.4.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Sirens
日本語: サイレン属
ไทย: ไซเรน

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