Siren (genus)

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.

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

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:

  • 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. "Siren Österdam, 1766". research.amnh.org. Amphibian Species of the World. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. "Siren". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. "Record 184170 Nomenclator Zoologicus Record Detail". www.ubio.org. Retrieved 6 December 2018.


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