Pelagic Elasmobranch Diversity

Sharks of the Open Ocean: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 14-23

  Compagno, Leonard J V ^a  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carcharhiniformes; Ecomorphotypes; Hexanchiformes; Lamniformes; Orectolobiformes; Pelagic sharks; Rajiformes; Squaliformes; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947775717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302516.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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