The megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, is not a luminous species.
Despite its five meters length, the megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983) is one of the rarest big sharks known in the world (117 specimens observed and documented so far). This filter-feeding shark has been assumed to be a luminous species, using its species-...
Main Authors: | Laurent Duchatelet, Victoria C Moris, Taketeru Tomita, Jacques Mahillon, Keiichi Sato, Catherine Behets, Jérôme Mallefet |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242196 |
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