Pectoral Fin of the Megamouth Shark: Skeletal and Muscular Systems, Skin Histology, and Functional Morphology

This is the first known report on the skeletal and muscular systems, and the skin histology, of the pectoral fin of the rare planktivorous megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios. The pectoral fin is characterized by three features: 1) a large number of segments in the radial cartilages; 2) highly elast...

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Autores principales: Tomita, Taketeru, Tanaka, Sho, Sato, Keiichi, Nakaya, Kazuhiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3897653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086205

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3897653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086205

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