Scale morphology and flexibility in the shortfin mako Isurus oxyrinchus and the blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 273, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1096-1110

  Motta, Philip ^a   Habegger, Maria Laura ^a   Lang, Amy ^b   Hueter, Robert ^c   Davis, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Box 870280   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Dermal denticles; Dermis; Drag; Elastin; Placoid scales

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; PLIABILITY; SHARK; SKIN;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; PLIABILITY; SHARKS; SKIN;

CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS;

EID: 84866174245     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20047     Document Type: Article

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