Latimeria menadoensis Pouyaud et al. 1999 (Indonesian coelacanth)

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Full reference: L. Pouyaud, S. Wirjoatmodjo, I. Rachmatika, A. Tjakrawidjaja, R. Hadiaty and W. Hadie. 1999. Une nouvelle espèce de cœlacanthe. Preuves génétiques et morphologiques. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series III - Sciences de la Vie 322(4):261-267

Belongs to Latimeria according to L. Pouyaud et al. 1999

Sister taxon: Latimeria chalumnae

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Latimeria menadoensis in the database

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