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Latimeria is a rare
genus of fish
which contains the two only
living species of coelacanth. It
includes two
extant species: the West
Indian Ocean coelacanth...
- by only two
extant marine species in the
genus Latimeria: the West
Indian Ocean coelacanth (
Latimeria chalumnae),
primarily found near the
Comoro Islands...
- The West
Indian Ocean coelacanth (
Latimeria chalumnae) (sometimes
known as gombessa,
African coelacanth, or
simply coelacanth) is a crossopterygian, one...
- The
Indonesian coelacanth (
Latimeria menadoensis, Indonesian: raja laut), also
called Sulawesi coelacanth, is one of two
living species of coelacanth...
-
Indian Ocean coelacanth (
Latimeria chalumnae) and the
Indonesian coelacanth (
Latimeria menadoensis), are
found in the
genus Latimeria.
Coelacanths are thought...
-
lineage of lobe-finned fish. It
contains two
extant species in the
genus Latimeria,
found in deep
waters off the
coasts of
southern Africa and east-central...
- Coelacanthiformes, of
which the
genus Latimeria was
found to be
extant in 1938.
About that
there is
little debate – however,
whether Latimeria resembles early members...
- la****s in the utriculus. In
dipnoans there are only two
otoliths and in
Latimeria there is only one. However, most of the
above synapomorphies can ultimately...
- described,
about a
century before the
discovery of the
extant coelacanth Latimeria. The
order Coelacanthiformes is
named after it. The only
definitive species...
-
years ago come
alive again."
Smith would give it the
scientific name
Latimeria chalumnae after his
friend and the
Chalumna River,
where it was found...
