Phantom hunter of the fjords: Camouflage by counterillumination in a shark (Etmopterus spinax)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 388, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 28-32

  Claes, Julien M ^a   Aksnes, Dag L ^b   Mallefet, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Deep sea; Etmopterus spinax; Lantern shark; Midwater fish; Photophore

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONCEALMENT BEHAVIOR; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; FJORD; MIMICRY; SHARK; WATER COLUMN;

NORWAY;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ETMOPTERUS SPINAX;

EID: 77953132572     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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