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WoRMS taxon details
Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939
AphiaID: 217438
AphiaID: 217438
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Sarcopterygii (Class) > Coelacanthiformes (Order) > Latimeriidae (Family) > Latimeria (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||
| Typetaxon of | Latimeria Smith, 1939 | |||||||||||
| Parent | Latimeria Smith, 1939 | |||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Latemaria chalumnae Smith, 1939 (misspelling) Malania anjouanae Smith, 1953 | |||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baņos, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] | |||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||
| Distribution | Comores [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To ITIS | |||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Living fossil, see family description. [details] | |||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939. In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217438 on 2010-02-09 | ||||||||||||
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