Latimeria

Latimeria chalumnae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coelacanthiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Sarcopterygii Order: Coelacanthiformes

Familia: Latimeriidae
Genus: Latimeria
Species (2): L. chalumnae – L. menadoensis

Name

• Latimeria Smith, 1939

Synonyms

• Malania Smith, 1953
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 99] [and monotypy]

References

• Erdmann, M.V.; Caldwell, R.L.; Jewett, S.L.; Tjakrawidjaja, A. 1999: The second recorded living coelacanth from North Sulawesi. Environmental biology of fishes, 54(4): 445-451. doi: 10.1023/A:1007533629132
• Pouyaud, L. et al. 1999: A new species of coelacanth. Comptes Rendus de l' Academie des Sciences (III), 322(4): 261-267. doi: 10.1016/S0764-4469(99)80061-4
• Smith, J.L.B. 1953: The second coelacanth. Nature, 171: 99-101. doi: 10.1038/171099a0

links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus

Vernacular names

български: Латимерия
català: Cel·lacant
čeština: Latimérie podivná
dansk: Coelacanth
Deutsch: Quastenflosser
English: Coelacanth
español: Celacanto
français: Cœlacanthe
la .lojban.: Gombesa
Nederlands: Coelacanth
日本語: シーラカンス
português: Celacanto
русский: Целакант
svenska: Havstofsstjärt
中文: 腔棘魚