Discovery of a normal hermaphroditic chondrichthyan species: Apristurus longicephalus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 417-428

  Iglesias S P ^a   Sellos, D Y ^a   Nakaya, K ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apristurus longicephalus; Chondrichthyes; Hermaphroditism; New caledonia; Reproduction; Scyliorhinidae

Indexed keywords

FISH BIOLOGY;

APRISTURUS LONGICEPHALUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; PISCES; SCYLIORHINIDAE;

EID: 14844288461     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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