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Chimaera lignaria Didier, 2002

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Didier, D. A. 2002. Two new species of chimaeroid fishes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean (Holocephali, Chimaeridae). Ichthyological Research 49(4): 299-306.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Holocephali
order
Chimaeriformes
family
Chimaeridae
genus
Chimaera
species
Chimaera lignaria

Name

Homonyms
Chimaera lignaria Didier, 2002
Common names
Carpenter's chimaera in English
Giant chimaera in English
Giant chimaera in English
Suur meritont in Estonian
Takumi-ginzame in Japanese
Giant Chimaera in English
Carpenter’s Chimaera in English
Giant Purple Chimaera in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Didier, D. A. (2002). Two new species of chimaeroid fishes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean (Holocephali, Chimaeridae). <em>Ichthyol. Res.</em> 49(4): 299-306.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019).
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