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 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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 dunni Goin & Auffenberg, 1957?
• †Siren hesterna Herre, 1955?
• †Siren miotexana Holman, 1977?
• †Siren simpsoni Herre, 1955?

• 
  Siren intermedia nettingi
  western lesser siren
• 
  Greater siren skeleton

See also

• Pseudobranchus, dwarf sirens

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.