Enhanced visual fields in hammerhead sharks

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4010-4018

  McComb, D M ^a   Tricas, T C ^b   Kajiura, S M ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Elasmobranch; Eye; Pupil dilation; Sphyrnidae; Winghead shark

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; ROTATION; SHARK; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; HEAD; MOVEMENT; PUPIL; ROTATION; SHARKS; VISUAL FIELDS;

CARCHARHINIDAE; CARCHARHINUS ACRONOTUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; EUSPHYRA BLOCHII; NEGAPRION; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS; SPHYRNA LEWINI; SPHYRNA TIBURO; SPHYRNIDAE;

EID: 71949123776     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.032615     Document Type: Article

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