1993
DOI: 10.1002/biuz.19930230421
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Lebensräume – Lebensformen Der Quastenflosser Biologie eines legendären Fisches

Abstract: Die Entdeckung eines lebenden Crossopterygiers, des Quastenflossers latimera chalumnae, von dem Chalumna River in Südafrika war 1938 ein unerwartetes zoologisches Ereignis. Ein fast anderthalb Meter großer mesozoischer Fisch hatte irgendwo in einer versteckten ökologischen Nische des Indischen Ozeans überlebt. Seine frühen Vorfahren erschienen vor mehr als 400 Millionen Jahre, doch dann, vor 60–70 Millionen Jahren, war ihre Fossilgeschichte plötzlich zu Ende (Abbildung 1). Der sensationelle Fang von 1938 wurde… Show more

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“…This similarity may reflect an ecological difference that may itself be tied to differences in habitat. The coelacanth lives in deep water in the Indian Ocean, and its paired fins move in a way reminiscent of a tetrapod walk, but this movement is performed primarily off the substrate (Fricke, 1993). Neoceratodus lives in rivers and lakes that rarely dry out (Kemp, 1986, p. 184), and it is not an obligate air breather, unlike Lepidosiren and Protopterus (Kemp, 1986, p. 183).…”
Section: Recentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This similarity may reflect an ecological difference that may itself be tied to differences in habitat. The coelacanth lives in deep water in the Indian Ocean, and its paired fins move in a way reminiscent of a tetrapod walk, but this movement is performed primarily off the substrate (Fricke, 1993). Neoceratodus lives in rivers and lakes that rarely dry out (Kemp, 1986, p. 184), and it is not an obligate air breather, unlike Lepidosiren and Protopterus (Kemp, 1986, p. 183).…”
Section: Recentmentioning
confidence: 99%