Sirenia
Translingual
Etymology
Named for the legendary siren, originating in Greek mythology.
Proper noun
Sirenia
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Atlantogenata – magnorder; Afrotheria – superorder; Tethytheria – mirorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Dugongidae (dugongs), Trichechidae (manatees) – extant 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