Species Profile
Latimeria chalumnae
Coelacanth
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassOsteichthyes
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Latimeria chalumnae lives in deep sea.
Carnivorous and slow moving.
Link between fishes and amphibians.
Size & Structure
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Lobed paired fins
02
Thick scales
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Blue mottled body
04
Three-lobed tail
Latimeria chalumnae — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, single
- Development type
- Viviparous
- Respiratory type
- Branchial respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ureotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton (partly cartilaginous)
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Deep-sea predator
Evolutionary relic
Marine biodiversity importance
Economic Importance
Evolutionary research
Conservation importance
Museum and academic value