Dental structure of the Giant lantern shark Etmopterus baxteri (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes) and its taxonomic implications

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-141

  Straube, Nicolas ^a   Schliewen, Ulrich ^b   Kriwet, Jürgen ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dignathic heterodonty; Etmopterus baxteri; Sexual dimorphism; Shape analysis; Tooth morphology

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SHARK; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ETMOPTERUS BAXTERI; SQUALIDAE; SQUALIFORMES; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 42549092670     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9264-z     Document Type: Article

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