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Hydrodamalis gigas   (Zimmermann, 1780)

Steller's sea cow

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Ostrova Beringa, Ostrov Mednyy in Komandorskiye Ostrova (Ref. 1522).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rice, D.W., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Kapustnik, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Mammalia > Sirenia (Dugongs and manatees) > Dugongidae (dugongs)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic.   Boreal

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Pacific Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in shallow waters; Feeds on seaweed or sea cabbage. Extinct since 1768 (Ref. 1522). Found in shallow waters. Feeds on seaweed or sea cabbage (Ref. 1522).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Rice, D.W. 1998. (Ref. 1522)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Extinct (EX) ; Date assessed: 04 April 2016

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.1 - 22.4, mean 19 (based on 39 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.