Latimeria, the Living Coelacanth, Is Ovoviviparous
Abstract
Dissection of a specimen of Latimeria chalumnae in the American Museum of Natural History revealed that it is a gravid female containing five advanced young, averaging 317.8 millimeters long. Each has a large yolk sac with no apparent connection to the surrounding oviducal wall. We conclude that Latimeria is ovoviviparous.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- December 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.190.4219.1105
- Bibcode:
- 1975Sci...190.1105L