Siren nettingi

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 Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Sirenoidea

Familia: Sirenidae
Genus: Siren
Species: Siren nettingi

Name

Siren nettingi Goin, 1942

• Holotype: CM 7580, adult ♀, collected in May 1928.
• Type locality: “Imboden, Lawrence County, Arkansas”, United States.

Combinations

• Siren intermedia nettingi Goin, 1942: 211 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Siren nettingi — Raffaëlli, 2013: 41 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Synonyms

• Siren intermedia texana Goin, 1957: 37.
  • Holotype: TCWC 10567.
  • Type locality: “Texas, Cameron County, seven miles north of Brownsville”, United States.

References

Primary references

• Goin, C.J. 1942. Description of a new race of Siren intermedia Le Conte. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 29: 211–217.

Additional references

• 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: Western Siren