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x Hemming, Francis
  1952
Report on the nomenclatorial status of the generic name "Manatus" Brünnich, 1771 (Class Mammalia).
Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 6(5): 159-160. Apr. 15, 1952.
–Recommends that Manatus Brünnich, 1771 be considered a synonym of Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758, and that manatus be recognized as the valid specific name of the type species (Trichechus manatus), on the appropriate Official Lists of Names in Zoology.

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Manatus Brünnich, 1771
x *1952Hemming, F. (suppression in favor of Trichechus; 159-160.)
Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
x *1952Hemming, F. (priority over Manatus; 159-160.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x *1952Hemming, F. (placed on Official List of Names in Zoology; 159-160.)