The pit organs of elasmobranchs: A review

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1401, 2000, Pages 1131-1134

  Peach, M B ^a   Marshall, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lateral line; Mechanoreceptor; Neuromast; Pit organ; Shark

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII;

EID: 0034730349     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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