Sirenia

Translingual

Trichechus manatus

Etymology

Named for the legendary siren, originating in Greek mythology.

Proper noun

Sirenia

1. A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – sirenians or sea cows: dugongs and manatees.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Afrotheria - superorder; Paenungulata - clade

Hyponyms

• (order): Dugongidae, Trichechidae - families

References

• Sirenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sirenia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sirenia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sirenia in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248