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Owen, Richard (detail)
   
1838a
[On the anatomy of the dugong.]
Proc. Zool. Soc. London 6: 28-45. July 1838 (read Mar. 27, 1838).
–Allen 941. ?Summ.: Isis 1845: 364-367? Describes the digestive, circulatory, respiratory, urogenital, skeletal, and dental systems of the dugong, with comparisons to other sirs. and cetaceans; concludes that the two orders are not related. Includes tables of measurements.

Related Index Records (16)

Anatomy
(SEE ALSO: Brain and Nervous System; Circulatory System; Digestive System; Embryology; Endocrinology; Growth Rates; Histology; Myology; Pathology; Respiratory System; Skeleton; Urogenital System; and under species)
  x * 1838a Owen, R. (DD, etc.; skeleton & viscera; 28-45.)

Circulatory System
(including lymphatic system)
  x * 1838a Owen, R. (DD; 34-36.)

Digestive System
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation; Food; Mastication; Parasites; Parasitology; Sense Organs)
  x * 1838a Owen, R. (DD & other sirs.; 29-34.)

Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
  x v * 1838a Owen, R. (anatomy of viscera & skeleton; 28-45.)

Endocrinology
  x 1838a Owen, R. (DD; location of thyroid gland; 38.)

Halicore tabernaculi Rüppell, 1834
(= Dugong dugon)
  x 1838a Owen, R. (heart, m35; skeleton, 41.)

Individual Variation
(SEE ALSO: Skeleton)
  x * 1838a Owen, R. (DD; viscera, m29-31, 34, m37; skeleton, 40; teeth, 43; measurements, 44-45.)

Manatus americanus (Link, 1795) Illiger, 1815
(= Trichechus manatus; also used by many authors for T. inunguis)
  x 1838a Owen, R. (cecum, m32; gall bladder, m34; heart, m35; lungs, m36; kidneys, 39.)

Myology
  x 1838a Owen, R. (DD; visceral muscles, 30-33; heart, 35; larynx, 38; genital organs, 40.)

Parasites: Ascaris Linnaeus, 1758
(Nematoda)
  x 1838a Owen, R. (DD; cardiac gland; 30.)

Phylogeny and Affinities of the Sirenia and/or Desmostylia
(SEE ALSO under species)
  x 1838a Owen, R. (sirs. considered not cetaceans but closer to pachyderms; 44-45.)

Respiratory System
  x * 1838a Owen, R. (DD; 36-39.)

Skeleton
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Embryology and Ontogeny; Histology; Myology; Sense Organs; Tooth Replacement; and under species)
  x * 1838a Owen, R. (DD; ossification of throat cartilages, m37; bones, 40-41; teeth, 41-44.)

Stellerus borealis (Gmelin, 1788) Desmarest, 1822
(= Hydrodamalis gigas)
  x 1838a Owen, R. (cecum, m32; lack of gall bladder, m34; heart, m35; lungs, m36; kidney, m39.)

Tooth Replacement
  x 1838a Owen, R. (DD; 42-44.)

Urogenital System
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation)
  x 1838a Owen, R. (DD, etc.; 39-40.)


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