Name: <em>Latimeria</em> Brooch <br>Solid Bronze
SKU: 900302
Price: 89.80 CHF
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Latimeria Brooch Solid Bronze

Latimeria Brooch
Solid Bronze

Lovely Brooch in Solid Raw Bronze, resembling rose gold with a slightly rough antique finish. Broch needle with safety closure in German Silver.

incl. 8,1% VAT plus Shipping Costs

Delivery time: 3-4 weeks

SKU: 900302

Brooch

Length: 5.5 cm
Width: 2.6 cm
Thickness: 0.2 cm
Weight: 10 g

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Depicted Animal

Latimeria chalumnae SMITH, 1939
2 M

Common names: (English • Deutsch • Français • Español) - West Indian Ocean coelacanth or African coelacanth • Komoren-Quastenflosser • Cœlacanthe de l’Ouest de l’océan Indien • Celacanto de Comores o Comorense
Systematics: Latimeriidae, Actinistia = Coelacanthiformes, «Crossopterygii», Sarcopterygii, Osteichthyes
Habitat: marine, deep water; demersal

One (Comorian coelacanth, dark blue, discovered in 1938) of two endemic species (the second one is the Indonesian coelacanth, brown, described in 1999) of extant actinistian lobe-finned fishes found in depths of 150 to 700 m. Latimeria moves slowly by drifting or swimming and gives birth to live young. The degenerated lung / swim bladder is filled with fat. The Comorian coelacanth stays in caves during daylight and is caught outside at night.