WoRMS taxon details
Chimaera Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 105733
AphiaID: 105733
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Holocephali (Class) > Chimaeriformes (Order) > Chimaeridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Chimaeridae Bonaparte, 1831 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Chimaeridae (misspelling) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 236 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Chimaera argiloba Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008 Species Chimaera bahamaensis Kemper, Ebert, Didier & Compagno, 2010 Species Chimaera cubana Howell Rivero, 1936 Species Chimaera fulva Didier, Last & White, 2008 Species Chimaera jordani Tanaka, 1905 Species Chimaera lignaria Didier, 2002 Species Chimaera macrospina Didier, Last & White, 2008 Species Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 Species Chimaera notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno & Didier, 2010 Species Chimaera obscura Didier, Last & White, 2008 Species Chimaera opalescens Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos, 2011 Species Chimaera owstoni Tanaka, 1905 Species Chimaera panthera Didier, 1998 Species Chimaera phantasma Jordan & Snyder, 1900 Species Chimaera abbreviata Gill, 1883 accepted as Hydrolagus affinis (de Brito Capello, 1868) Species Chimaera affinis de Brito Capello, 1868 accepted as Hydrolagus affinis (de Brito Capello, 1868) Species Chimaera africana Gilchrist, 1922 accepted as Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922) Species Chimaera arctica Gistel, 1848 accepted as Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 Species Chimaera argentea Ascanius, 1772 accepted as Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 Species Chimaera australis Hector, 1902 accepted as Hydrolagus novaezealandiae (Fowler, 1911) Species Chimaera barbouri Garman, 1908 accepted as Hydrolagus barbouri (Garman, 1908) Species Chimaera borealis Shaw, 1804 accepted as Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 Species Chimaera callorynchus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Callorhinchus callorynchus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Chimaera colliei Lay & Bennett, 1839 accepted as Hydrolagus colliei (Lay & Bennett, 1839) Species Chimaera cristata Faber, 1829 accepted as Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 Species Chimaera deani Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 accepted as Hydrolagus deani (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) Species Chimaera dubia Osório, 1909 accepted as Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 Species Chimaera gilberti Garman, 1911 accepted as Hydrolagus purpurescens (Gilbert, 1905) Species Chimaera media Garman, 1911 accepted as Hydrolagus colliei (Lay & Bennett, 1839) Species Chimaera mediterranea Risso, 1826 accepted as Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 Species Chimaera mirabilis Collett, 1904 accepted as Hydrolagus mirabilis (Collett, 1904) Species Chimaera mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder, 1904 accepted as Hydrolagus mitsukurii (Jordan & Snyder, 1904) Species Chimaera neglecta Ogilby, 1888 accepted as Hydrolagus colliei (Lay & Bennett, 1839) Species Chimaera novaezealandiae Fowler, 1911 accepted as Hydrolagus novaezealandiae (Fowler, 1911) Species Chimaera ogilbyi Waite, 1898 accepted as Hydrolagus ogilbyi (Waite, 1898) Species Chimaera plumbea Gill, 1878 accepted as Hydrolagus affinis (de Brito Capello, 1868) Species Chimaera pseudomonstrosa Fang & Wang, 1932 accepted as Chimaera phantasma Jordan & Snyder, 1900 Species Chimaera purpurescens Jordan & Snyder, 1904 accepted as Hydrolagus eidolon (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925) Species Chimaera purpurescens Gilbert, 1905 accepted as Hydrolagus purpurescens (Gilbert, 1905) Species Chimaera spilota Tanaka, 1908 accepted as Hydrolagus barbouri (Garman, 1908) Species Chimaera tsengi Fang & Wang, 1932 accepted as Hydrolagus ogilbyi (Waite, 1898) Species Chimaera vaillanti Dean, 1906 accepted as Chimaera notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno & Didier, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Gyrocotyle confusa Van der Land & Dienske, 1968 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Gyrocotyle urna (Wagener, 1852) (parasitic: endoparasitic) Gyrocotyloides nybelini Fuhrmann, 1931 (parasitic: endoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105733 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Chimaera. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105733 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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