Anatomy of the feeding apparatus of the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-60

  Motta, Philip J ^a   Wilga, Cheryl D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Jaw suspension; Jaws; Kinematics; Ligaments; Muscles; Suction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033040490     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199907)241:1<33::AID-JMOR3>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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