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The pit organs of elasmobranchs: a review

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 2000
Elasmobranchs have hundreds of tiny sensory organs, called pit organs, scattered over the skin surface. The pit organs were noted in many early studies of the lateral line, but their exact nature has long remained a mystery. Although pit organs were known to be innervated by the lateral line nerves, and light micrographs suggested that they were free ...
Peach, M. B., Marshall, N. J.
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Early evolution of the gular musculature and its innervation in ray‐finned fishes

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Gular muscles are an important but often overlooked component of cranial anatomy in bony fishes. They are located on the ventral surface of the head and are derived from the mandibular and hyoid arches. We present a comprehensive review of the gular musculature and its innervation across early diverging actinopterygian lineages. By integrating
Aléssio Datovo, Paulo Presti, George Vita, Murilo N. L. Pastana, Luiz A. W. Peixoto   +4 more
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Developmental morphology of claspers and clasper‐glands during maturation in Potamotrygon wallacei (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygoninae)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The claspers are the copulatory organs in male elasmobranchs, responsible for directing the semen into the female cloaca (C). However, the microscopic morphology of the claspers remains poorly understood. This study describes the morphology of the claspers and clasper glands (CGs) of cururu stingray (Potamotrygon wallacei) at different ...
Matheus Samuel Cunha Braga, Grazyelle Sebrenski da Silva, Maria Inês Braga de Oliveira, Jaydione Luiz Marcon, Ruben Dario Morales Gamba   +4 more
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Organic and Inorganic Pollutants, Oxidative Stress Biomarkers, and Electrophoretic Protein Profiles in an Endangered Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) From Southeastern Brazil: A Case Study

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A comprehensive screening of different environmental contaminants (total metals, thermostable metal fractions associated with detoxification, and persistent organic pollutants) was conducted in an endangered common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus ) individual incidentally captured in southeastern Brazil.
Sidney Fernandes Sales Junior, Amanda Pontes Lopes, Heloíse Martins de Souza, Regina Fonseca, Enrico Mendes Saggioro, Francielli Monteiro Casanova, Kamila Cezar Gramlich, Tatiana Dillenburg Saint'Pierre, Carlos German Massone, Renato Carreira, Rachel Ann Hauser‐Davis   +10 more
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Trace Element Contamination in Top Predatory Elasmobranchs From the Southern Black Sea: Implications for Ecosystem Health and Risk Assessment

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental pollution resulting from the rapid increase in human population, urbanization, intensive use of chemicals in agriculture, and industrial development has reached a level that threatens natural life today. Trace elements are one of the most important factors causing significant levels of pollution in the environment and are added ...
Levent Bat, Süleyman Özdemir, Zekiye Birinci Özdemir, Ayşah Öztekin   +3 more
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Taxonomic and functional diversity of benthic foraminifera as a promising proxy for tidewater glacier retreat

Boreas, EarlyView.
Ice sheets and glaciers globally are losing mass at increasing rates, with the strongest changes occurring at tidewater glaciers. These are rapidly retreating and often transitioning to land‐terminating with implications for sea level change and ecosystem functioning.
Eleonora Fossile, Mattia Ghilardi, Meryem Mojtahid, Hélène Howa, Agnès Baltzer, Maria Pia Nardelli   +5 more
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Assessing differences among elasmobranch nurseries to aid conservation based on a genomics framework

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Elasmobranch nurseries often differ in environmental conditions, demographics, and use patterns. These differences affect the distribution of genetic variation among nurseries. However, conservation and management strategies often fail to account for such differences because they are difficult to characterize.
Dominic G. Swift, Amanda M. Barker, William B. Driggers III, Bryan S. Frazier, Douglas H. Adams, James J. Gelsleichter, Dana M. Bethea, Bethany M. Deacy, David S. Portnoy   +8 more
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First report of recurrent parthenogenesis as an adaptive reproductive strategy in the endangered common smooth-hound shark Mustelus mustelus

Scientific Reports
Parthenogenesis, or virgin birth, describes a mode of reproduction where an egg develops into an offspring without fertilization, and is observed across various vertebrate taxa, excluding mammals.
Giuseppe Esposito, Arianna Meletiadis, Simona Sciuto, Marino Prearo, Flavio Gagliardi, Ilaria Corrias, Angela Pira, Alessandro Dondo, Paolo Briguglio, Claudio Ghittino, Daniele Dedola, Elena Bozzetta, Pier Luigi Acutis, Paolo Pastorino, Silvia Colussi   +14 more
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Taxonomic reports of Otobothrioidea (Eucestoda, Trypanorhyncha) from elasmobranch fishes of the southern coast off Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2004
Specimens of elasmobranch fishes, captured in the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, of the southern coast off Brazil, represented by three families, four genera, and four species, were parasitized with otobothrioid trypanorhynch cestodes: Heptranchias
Marcelo Knoff, Sérgio Carmona de São Clemente, Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi, Delir Corrêa Gomes   +4 more
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Global distribution of aquatic animal telemetry effort reveals geographic biases and opportunities for more inclusive tracking studies

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Despite broad global distribution of aquatic telemetry studies, important biogeographic regions remain poorly investigated. The most important variables correlated with the distribution of telemetry studies were political stability, conservation funding, number of scientific documents, and English as a first language.
S. T. Kessel, M. Auger‐Méthé, A. P. Barbosa Martins, S. J. Cooke, A. T. Fisk, A. L. Haley, M. R. Heupel, N. V. Klinard, J. K. Matley, M. L. Piczak, J. A. Robichaud, N. E. Hussey   +11 more
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