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Latimeria Smith, 1939

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Smith, J. L. B. (1939). A living fish of Mesozoic type. <em>Nature (London).</em> v. 143 (no. 3620): 455-456.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Coelacanthi
order
Coelacanthiformes
family
Latimeriidae
genus
Latimeria

Name

Synonyms
Latemaria
Malania Smith, 1953
Homonyms
Latimeria Smith, 1939

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. FishBase
  4. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
  5. Nature, 143, 455
  6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  8. Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em>
  9. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  10. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  11. Smith, J. L. B. (1939). A living fish of Mesozoic type. <em>Nature (London).</em> v. 143 (no. 3620): 455-456.
  12. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  13. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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