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Allometric Growth and Scaling of Body Form of the Spadenose Shark (Scoliodon laticaudus)

Ecology and Evolution
The versatility of the shark body form is suggested to be one of the key factors underlying their evolutionary success and persistence. Nevertheless, sharks exhibit a huge diversity of body forms and morphological adaptations.
Joel H. Gayford, Ronak Waghe, Phillip C. Sternes, Zoya Tyabji   +3 more
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The marine leech Stibarobdella moorei (Oka, 1910) (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) parasitic on the thornback ray Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758 and angelshark Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758) in Antalya Bay, Mediterranean Sea of Turkey

Helminthologia, 2014
Bulguroğlu S., Korun J., Gökoğlu M., Özvarol Y.   +3 more
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The Phenomenon of Piebaldism in Sharks: A Review of Global Sightings and Patterns

Ecology and Evolution
Chromatic disorders in elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) have been reported in several species, but little is known about their true abundance or consequences for survival and fitness.
Darren A. Whitehead, Andrea Parmegiani, Jacopo Gobbato, Mohamed Mizyan, Arzucan Askin, Sara Scroglieri, Paolo Galli, Davide Seveso, Simone Montano, Joel H. Gayford   +9 more
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Late Cretaceous coprolite from the Opole area (southern Poland) as evidence for a variable diet in shell-crushing shark <i>Ptychodus</i> (Elasmobranchii: Ptychodontidae). [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Mazurek D, Antczak M.
europepmc   +1 more source

A diverse assemblage of <i>Ptychodus</i> species (Elasmobranchii: Ptychodontidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Ukraine, with comments on possible diversification drivers during the Cenomanian. [PDF]

Cretac Res, 2023
Amadori M, Kovalchuk O, Barkaszi Z, Giusberti L, Kindlimann R, Kriwet J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fisheries ecological knowledge, FEK: Contribution to the knowledge of the ecology and distribution of houndsharks and dogfish shark (family Triakidae and Squalidae) in the Canary Islands. [PDF]

PLoS One
Luque Cabrera R, Espino-Ruano A, Castro JJ, Guerra-Marrero A, Couce-Montero L, Núñez-González R, Bañeras T, Jiménez-Alvarado D.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

ErythroCite: a database on red blood cell size of fishes. [PDF]

Sci Data
Leiva FP, Molina-Venegas R, Alter K, Freire CA, Hendriks AJ, Hermaniuk A, Serre-Fredj L, Shokri M, Czarnoleski M, Mark FC.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

DNA-based characterization of rays (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea) from Bangladesh using mitochondrial markers: Implications for conservation and management. [PDF]

PLoS One
Mahjabin M, Datta SK, Labib AF, Akhter S, Antu DR, Ahmed MS.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A previously overlooked, highly diverse early Pleistocene elasmobranch assemblage from southern Taiwan. [PDF]

PeerJ, 2022
Lin CY, Lin CH, Shimada K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Updated checklist of the vertebrate fauna of the Doñana Biosphere Reserve, Spain. [PDF]

Zookeys
Román J, Arias AM, Arroyo JL, Bastianelli G, Calzada J, Clavero M, Cobo MD, Díaz-Paniagua C, Ibañez C, Juste J, Martínez A, Nogueras J, de Los Reyes L, Revilla E, Rodríguez R, Rodríguez-Rodríguez EJ, Del Valle JL, Janss GFE, Tablado Z, D'Amico M, Navarro LM.   +20 more
europepmc   +1 more source