Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Alternative combinations: Manati gigas, Manatus gigas, Rhytina gigas, Rytina gigas

Synonyms: Haligyna borealis Gmelin 1788, Hydrodamalis stelleri Retzius 1794, Manati balaenurus Boddaert 1785, Manatus borealis Gmelin 1788, Nepus stelleri Retzius 1794, Rhytina stelleri Brandt 1849, Rhytina stellerus Brandt 1849, Rhytine stelleri Retzius 1794, Rytina balaenurus Boddaert 1785, Rytina borealis Gmelin 1788, Rytina cetacea Illiger 1815, Sirene borealis Gmelin 1788, Stellerus borealis Gmelin 1788, Trichechus borealis Gmelin 1788, Trichechus manatus borealis Gmelin 1788

Belongs to Hydrodamalis according to D. P. Domning 2008

Sister taxon: Hydrodamalis cuestae

Type specimens:

• Hydrodamalis gigas: none designated
• Hydrodamalis stelleri:
• Manati balaenurus:
• Rhytina stellerus:
• Rytina cetacea:
• Stellerus borealis: