| Siren Temporal range: Eocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Lesser siren, Siren intermedia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Sirenidae |
| Genus: | Siren Linnaeus, 1766 |
| Type species | |
| Siren lacertina Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Siren is a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae. The genus consists of five 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:
- Siren intermedia Barnes, 1826 – lesser siren
- Siren lacertina Linnaeus, 1766 – greater siren
- Siren nettingi Goin, 1942 – western siren
- Siren reticulata Graham, Kline, Steen & Kelehear, 2018 – reticulated siren or leopard eel
- Siren sphagnicola Fedler, Enge & Moler, 2023 – seepage siren
Extinct species:
- †Siren dunni Goin & Auffenberg, 1957
- †Siren hesterna Goin & Auffenberg, 1955
- †Siren miotexana Holman, 1977
- †Siren simpsoni Goin & Auffenberg, 1955
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Siren intermedia nettingi,
western lesser siren -
Siren lacertina,
greater siren,
skeleton
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See also
- Pseudobranchus, dwarf sirens
Notes
- Sometimes listed as Siren Österdam, 1766, but Linnaeus has been ceded formal authorship by ICZN Opinion 92 in 1926 and Direction 57 in 1956.
References
- ^ "Siren Österdam, 1766". research.amnh.org. Amphibian Species of the World. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ "Siren". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- "BioStor-Lite". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 73 (4): 3–4. 1926.
- "Direction 57 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (A) of the specific names of Forty-seven species belonging to the classes Cyclostomata, Pisces, Amphibia and Reptilia, each of which is the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936 and (B) of the specific name of one species of the class Amphibia which is currently treated as a senior Subjective synonym of the name of such a species". Archived from the original on 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- "Record 184170 Nomenclator Zoologicus Record Detail". www.ubio.org. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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