Electrosensory pore distribution and feeding in the basking shark Cetorhinus maximus (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae)

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-36

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ampullae of Lorenzini; Basking shark; Electroreception; Filter feeding

Indexed keywords

CETORHINIDAE; CETORHININAE; CETORHINUS MAXIMUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; LAMNIFORMES;

EID: 79952306377     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00328     Document Type: Note

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