Open AccessECOLOGY OF THE DUGONG AND ITS MANAGEMENT
Author(s) -
Masaharu Nishiwaki
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
marine research in indonesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2443-2008
DOI - 10.14203/mri.v19i0.368
Subject(s) - table (database) , geography , ecology , biology , fishery , computer science , data mining
Today, many people know that the mythical mermaids of legendal stories originated from the animals belonged to the order Sirenia. Sirenians can be devided into two groups, manatees of the Atlantic coasts and the dugong of the IndoPacific area. Table I shows the present living species belong to the order Sirenia.