Electrosensory pore distribution and feeding in the megamouth shark megachasma pelagios (lamniformes: Megachasmidae)

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-228

  Kempster, Ryan M ^a   Collin, Shaun P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ampullae of lorenzini; Electroreception; Filter feeding; Megamouth shark

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; LAMNIFORMES; MEGACHASMA PELAGIOS; MEGACHASMIDAE;

EID: 78951494011     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00311     Document Type: Article

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