The Denticle Multiverse: Morphological Diversity of Placoid Scales across Ontogeny in the Portuguese Dogfish, <i>Centroscymnus coelolepis</i>, and Its Systematic Implications

<i>Centroscymnus coelolepis</i> is a deep-water sleeper shark and, like most sharks, it is covered in placoid scales, or dermal denticles. The morphological diversity of the dermal denticles in this species, however, has not been described in detail, and ontogenetic changes in denticle m...

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Published in:	Diversity
Main Authors:	Diego F. B. Vaz, Tess M. Avery, Molly K. Gabler-Smith, George V. Lauder
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Subjects:	dermal denticles variation sharks
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/11/1105