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 Palmer, T. S. (detail)
   
1895
The earliest name for Steller's sea cow and dugong.
Science (2)2(40): 449-450. Oct. 4, 1895.
–Notes the priority of the names Hydrodamalis Retzius and Dugong Lacépède over Rytina and Halicore, respectively; recognizes the specific names Hydrodamalis gigas and Dugong dugon; and proposes that the family names be changed to Hydrodamalidae and Dugongidae.

Related Index Records (11)

Dugong Lacépède, 1799
  x 1895 Palmer, T.S. (priority over Halicore; 450.)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
  x * 1895 Palmer, T.S. (n.comb.; 450.)
Dugongidae Gray, 1821
(family)
  x 1895 Palmer, T.S. (name recognized in place of Halicoridae; 450.)
Halicore Illiger, 1811
(= Dugong)
  x 1895 Palmer, T.S. (syn. of Dugong; 449-450.)
Halicoridae Gray, 1825
(family; = Dugongidae)
  x 1895 Palmer, T.S. (syn. of Dugongidae; 450.)
Hydrodamalidae Palmer, 1895 (1833)
(family; = Hydrodamalinae)
  x * 1895 Palmer, T.S. (n.fam.; 449-450.)
Hydrodamalis Retzius, 1794
  x 1895 Palmer, T.S. (name considered senior to Rytina; 449.)
Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780) Palmer, 1895
  x * 1895 Palmer, T.S. (n.comb.; 449.)
Hydrodamalis stelleri Retzius, 1794
(= Hydrodamalis gigas)
  x 1895 Palmer, T.S. (syn. of H. gigas; 449.)
Rytina Illiger, 1811
(= Hydrodamalis. Spelled Rhytina by Berthold, 1827, and most later authors; this is an unjustified emendation.)
  x 1895 Palmer, T.S. (syn. of Hydrodamalis; 449.)
Rytinidae Girard, 1852
(family; = Hydrodamalinae)
  x 1895 Palmer, T.S. (syn. of Hydrodamalidae; 449-450.)

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