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Chimaera

Chimaeriformes

Hector Espinosa. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologia. Hector Espinosa. Year: 2011. Contact: hector@unam.mx. cc-by-nc-sa-3.0

Chimaeriformes (Chimaera) is an order of vertebrates. There are 56 species of Chimaera, in 6 genera and 11 families.

EOL has data for 3 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Eastern Pacific
- URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/14288
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #1512. A human needs to edit this.
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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canal
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000014
- Definition: Artificial watercourse with no flow or a controlled flow used for navigation, drainage or irrigation.
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harvested in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/harvested_in
- Definition: This organism is caught or collected, and put to human use, in the following region(s)
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New Zealand
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/2186224
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of chimaera. View this species on GBIF

Hector Espinosa. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologia. Hector Espinosa. Year: 2011. Contact: hector@unam.mx. cc-by-nc-sa-3.0

chimaera includes 11 children: