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A review of the genus Platyrhina (Chondrichthys: Platyrhinidae) from the northwestern Pacific, descriptions of two new species
Published: 12. January 2011 Yukio Iwatsuki, Kei Miyamoto, Kazuhiro Nakaya, Jie Zhang. ABSTRACT: The genus Platyrhina from the northwestern Pacific was reviewed, including a redescription and neotype proposal for Platyrhina sinensis (Bloch and Schneider 1801), and the description of two new species. Platyrhina limboonkengi Tang 1933 is relegated to the synonymy of P. sinensis,
Shark predation tooth wear in a population of northeastern Pacific killer whales
Online publication date: January 06, 2011 Ford JKB, Ellis GM, Matkin CO, Wetklo MH, Barrett-Lennard LG, Withler RE ABSTRACT: The cosmopolitan killer whale Orcinus orca feeds on a wide variety of prey types over its global range, but in at least some regions, genetically distinct and ecologically specialised lineages of killer whales coexist sympatrically. In
Electrosensory pore distribution and feeding in the megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios (Lamniformes Megachasmidae)
Note Online publication date: January 06, 2011 Kempster RM, Collin SP ABSTRACT: The megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios is a rare, large filter-feeding shark. Little to nothing is known of its sensory biology, particularly in relation to its feeding behaviour. We describe the abundance and distribution of ampullary pores over the head and propose that