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Taxon: Genus Siren Linnaeus, 1766 (amphibian)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  A. Österdam [C. Linnaeus], 1766
Original name, rank & spelling:  [Linnaeus, C.] & Österdam, A. 1766. Siren Lacertina, Diss. Acad.: 15.
Subsequent publication:  [Linnaeus, C.] & Österdam, A. 1769. Amoen. Acad. 7: 325.
Subsequent publication:  [von] Linné, C. 1767. Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1 (2): addenda [at end of volume].
Source for the authorship:  Ellis, J. 1767. Phil. Trans. 56: 192. [inferred]

Attributes

Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: Anonymous, 1926. Opinion 92. Smithson. Misc. Collect., 73: 3 ("Linn., 1766, addenda"). ≡
Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: R.V. Melville & J.D.D. Smith (eds.), 1987. Offic. Lists & Indexes Zool.: 168 ("Linnaeus, 1766, Amoen. Acad. 7: 325").

Types

Type of: Sirenidae (Family) Gray, 1825
Type, by monotypy: Siren lacertina Linnaeus, 1766 Ref: [Linnaeus, C.] & Österdam, A., 1766: 15. [implicit]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: sirenen s.s. Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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