Definition of Coelacanths. Meaning of Coelacanths. Synonyms of Coelacanths

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Definition of Coelacanths

Coelacanth
Coelacanth C[oe]l"a*canth (? or ?), a. [Gr. ? hollow + ? spine.] (Zo["o]l.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.

Meaning of Coelacanths from wikipedia

- the first specimen. The earliest fossils of coelacanths were discovered in the 19th century. Coelacanths, which are related to lungfishes and tetrapods...
- (otoliths), scientists infer that individual coelacanths may live as long as 80 to 100 years. Coelacanths live as deep as 700 m (2300 ft) below sea level...
- juvenile coelacanths from the Devonian of South Africa shed light on the order of character acquisition in actinistians: Fossil Coelacanths from the South...
- night to forage for food. Juvenile coelacanths were found in similar geographical locations as adult coelacanths, such as long and narrow overhangs....
- lobe-finned fishes, split into two main lineages: the coelacanths and the rhipidistians. Coelacanths never left the oceans and their heyday was the late...
- spine") is a genus of extinct marine coelacanths known from the late Permian period. It was the first genus of coelacanths described, about a century before...
- during the early Devonian. Locomotion of the coelacanths is unique to their kind. To move around, coelacanths most commonly take advantage of up or downwellings...
- first Mesozoic coelacanth found on the Pacific side of Gondwana, offering valuable insights into the distribution and evolution of coelacanths during this...
- as a Lazarus taxon has been denied by some authors in recent years. Coelacanths disappeared from the fossil record some 80 million years ago (in the...
- Mawsonia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish. It is amongst the largest of all coelacanths, with one quadrate specimen (DGM 1.048-P) possibly...