Morphology of the mechanosensory lateral line system in the Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina: The mechanotactile hypothesis

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-22

  Maruska, Karen P ^a   Tricas, Timothy C ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasmobranch; Lateral line; Mechanosensory; Mechanotactile; Neuromast

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031720524     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199810)238:1<1::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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