WoRMS taxon details
Latimeria Smith, 1939
205486 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205486)
accepted
Genus
Latemaria Smith, 1939 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Malania Smith, 1953 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, J. L. B. (1939). A living fish of Mesozoic type. <em>Nature (London).</em> v. 143 (no. 3620): 455-456. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Latimeria Smith, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205486 on 2026-06-22
Date
action
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2006-09-13 06:47:38Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, J. L. B. (1939). A living fish of Mesozoic type. <em>Nature (London).</em> v. 143 (no. 3620): 455-456. [details]
basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Latimeria)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malania) (from synonym Malania Smith, 1953)
To Genbank (from synonym Malania Smith, 1953)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Latimeria)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malania) (from synonym Malania Smith, 1953)
To Genbank (from synonym Malania Smith, 1953)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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