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Kadarusman,; Sugeha, Hagi Yulia; Pouyaud, Laurent; Hocdé, Régis; Hismayasari, Intanurfemi B.; Gunaisah, Endang; Widiarto, Santoso B.; Arafat, Gulam; Widyasari, Ferliana; Mouillot, David; Paradis, Emmanuel. |
Coelacanth fishes of the genus Latimeria are the only surviving representatives of a basal lineage of vertebrates that originated more than 400 million years ago. Yet, much remains to be unveiled about the diversity and evolutionary history of these ‘living fossils’ using new molecular data, including the possibility of ‘cryptic’ species or unknown lineages. Here, we report the discovery of a new specimen in eastern Indonesia allegedly belonging to the species L. menadoensis. Although this specimen was found about 750 km from the known geographical distribution of the species, we found that the molecular divergence between this specimen and others of L. menadoensis was great: 1.8% compared to 0.04% among individuals of L. chalumnae, the other living... |
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Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00603/71466/69921.pdf |
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