Siren (genus)

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Siren
Temporal range: Eocene–present
Siren intermedia 2.jpg
Lesser siren, Siren intermedia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Sirenidae
Genus: Siren
Linnaeus, 1766[note 1]
Type species
Siren lacertina
Linnaeus, 1766

Siren is a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae.[1][2] The genus consists of three living species, along with one extinct species from the Eocene Epoch and three from the Miocene.

The living species have elongated, eel-like bodies, with two small vestigial fore legs.

Species[]

Extant (living) species include:[1]

  • Siren intermedia Barnes, 1826 – lesser siren
  • Siren lacertina Linnaeus, 1766[5] – greater siren
  • Siren reticulata Graham, Kline, Steen, and Kelehear, 2018 – reticulated siren or leopard eel

Extinct species:[citation needed]

  • †Siren dunni Goin & Auffenberg, 1957?
  • †Siren hesterna Herre, 1955?
  • †Siren miotexana Holman, 1977?
  • †Siren simpsoni Herre, 1955?

  • Siren intermedia nettingi
    western lesser siren

  • Greater siren skeleton

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Sometimes listed as Siren Österdam, 1766,[1][2] but Linnaeus has been ceded formal authorship by ICZN Opinion 92 in 1926[3] and Direction 57 in 1956.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Siren Österdam, 1766". research.amnh.org. Amphibian Species of the World. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Siren". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ "Record 184170 Nomenclator Zoologicus Record Detail". www.ubio.org. Retrieved 6 December 2018.


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