Sensory systems in sawfishes. 1. the Ampullae of Lorenzini

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-149

  Wueringer, B E ^a,e   Peverell, S C ^b   Seymour, J ^c   Squire Jr , L ^d   Kajiura, S M ^f   Collin, S P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DPIandF Northern Fisheries Office   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Cairns Marine   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampullae of Lorenzini; Electroreception; Pristidae; Rostrum; Sawfish

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELASMOBRANCH; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ELASMOBRANCHII; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HEAD; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SENSE ORGANS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ELASMOBRANCHII; PRISTIDAE; PRISTIS MICRODON;

EID: 80053574968     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329515     Document Type: Article

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