Functional consequences of structural differences in stingray sensory systems. Part I: Mechanosensory lateral line canals

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3037-3043

  Jordan, Laura K ^a   Kajiura, Stephen M ^b   Gordon, Malcolm S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batoid; Elasmobranch; Hydrodynamic; Myliobatis californica; Prey detection; Pteroplatytrygon violacea; Urobatis halleri

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FISH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PERCEPTION; SKATES (FISH); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BATOIDEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIDAE; ELASMOBRANCHII; MYLIOBATIS CALIFORNICA; PTEROPLATYTRYGON VIOLACEA; UROBATIS HALLERI;

EID: 70349094782     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.028712     Document Type: Article

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