AnAge entry for Latimeria chalumnae
Classification (HAGRID: 04212)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sarcopterygii
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Family: Coelacanthidae
Genus: Latimeria
- Species
- Latimeria chalumnae
- Common name
- Coelacanth
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 48 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 454
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Adult weight
- 52,250 g
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 649768
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- Genome Project
- Search NCBI
- Entrez
- Search all databases or Entrez Taxonomy search
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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