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Latimeria chalumnae

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Latimeria chalumnae, off Pumula, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Coelacanthiformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Ordo: Coelacanthiformes

Familia: Latimeriidae
Genus: Latimeria
Species: Latimeria chalumnae

Name

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  • Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939: 455

Holotype: East London Mus. Specimen parts: USNM 112258 (scales). Type locality: West of East London, Cape Colony, South Africa, depth 40 fathoms.

Synonymy

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  • Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953

References

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  • Smith, J.L.B. 1939: A living fish of Mesozoic type. Nature (London) 143: 455–456.
  • Smith, J.L.B. 1953: The second coelacanth. Nature, 171: 99–101. DOI: 10.1038/171099a0
  • Fricke H., Hissmann K., Froese R., Schauer J., Plante R., Fricke S. 2011: The population biology of the living coelacanth studied over 21 years. Marine Biology, 158(7), pp. 1511-1522. [1]
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Vernacular names

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  • čeština: Latimérie podivná
  • Deutsch: Komoren-Quastenflosser
  • English: West Indian Ocean Coelacanth
  • español: Celacanto de las Comores
  • suomi: Latimeria
  • magyar: Bojtosúszós maradványhal
  • українська: Латимерія коморська
  • 中文(简体): 矛尾鱼
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