Chimaera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chimaeroidei
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Holocephali Ordo: Chimaeriformes Subordo: Chimaeroidei

Familia: Chimaeridae
Genus: Chimaera
Species: C. argiloba - C. bahamaensis - C. cubana - C. fulva - C. jordani - C. lignaria - C. macrospina - C. monstrosa - C. notafricana - C. obscura - C. opalescens - C. owstoni - C. panthera - C. phantasma

Name

Chimaera Linnaeus, 1758: 236

Type species: Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758. Type by Linnaean tautonymy.

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758: Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. 1: i-ii + 1-824.
• Kemper, J.M. et al. 2010: Chimaera notafricana sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaera from southern Africa. Zootaxa, 2532: 55–63. Preview

Vernaculer names

Ελληνικά: Χίμαιρα
English: Chimarea
Italiano: Chimere