Chimaera opalescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chimaeroidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Holocephali Ordo: Chimaeriformes Subordo: Chimaeroidei

Familia: Chimaeridae
Genus: Chimaera
Species: Chimaera opalescens

Name

Chimaera opalescens Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos, 2011:402, Figs. 1-3

• Holotype: MNHN 2007-1569.
• Paratypes: (30) at CSIRO, HUMZ, MNHN, USNM.
• Type locality: South of Great Sole Bank, 48°34.3' - 48°33.2'N, 10°10.3' - 10°13.9'W, northeastern Atlantic, depth 103 meters.

References

Primary references

• Luchetti, E.A., Iglésias, S.P. & Sellos, D.Y. 2011. Chimaera opalescens n. sp., a new chimaeroid (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali) from the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology 79: 399–417. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03027.x Reference page. 

Additional references

• Catarino, D., Jakobsen, K., Jakobsen, J., Giacomello, E., Menezes, G.M., Diogo, H., Canha, A., Porteiro, F.M., Melo, O. & Stefanni, S. 2020. First record of the opal chimaera, Chimaera opalescens (Holocephali: Chimaeridae) and revision of the occurrence of the rabbitfish Chimaera monstrosa in the Azores waters. Journal of Fish Biology 97(3): 763–775. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14432 Reference page. 
• Freitas, M., Vieira, S., Costa, L., Delgado, J.M., Biscoito, M. & González Pérez, J.A. 2017. First records of Chimaera opalescens (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae) from Madeira and north-west African coast. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 47(1): 81–84. DOI: 10.3750/AIEP/02114 Reference page. 
• Vilas-Arrondo, N., Gomes-dos-Santos, A., Pérez, M, Baldó, F., Veríssimo, A., Catarino, D., Machado, A.M., Román-Marcote, E., Bañón, R., Froufe, E. & Castro, L.F.C. 2022. A mitochondrial genome assembly of the opal chimaera, Chimaera opalescens Luchetti, Iglésias et Sellos 2011, using PacBio HiFi long reads. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 7(3): 434–437. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2044403 Reference page. 

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Chimaera opalescens Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos, 2011 – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Chimaera opalescens – Taxon details on Catalogue of Life (CoL).
• Chimaera opalescens – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Chimaera opalescens in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chimaera opalescens.
• Chimaera opalescens – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION).
• Chimaera opalescens – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
• IUCN: Chimaera opalescens  (Least Concern)
• Chimaera opalescens in the World Register of Marine Species

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