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| Muriana,C. B; Vasconcelos,B. V; Leandro,R. M; Malavasi,C. E; Amorim,A. F; Rici,R. E. G; Maria,D. A; Miglino,M. A; Ferreira,A.O. |
| The hammerhead sharks shows a head laterally expanded with eyes and nostrils on the edges, which gives the species a hammer appearance. Another strand of studies indicates that the hypothesis of head shape alterations for better adaptions in the sensorial system with the development of structures associated to binocular sight and others sensorial organs. Given the variety of characteristics, the study aim was to describe the anatomical constitution of the hammerhead shark eye bulb. The bulb and its annexes exenteration was performed, and further dissection; the morphological description of the muscle insertions and eye bulb components were based on direct observation and were further photographed and catalogued. The eye bulb fragments and its annexes were... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Cartilaginous fish; Chondrichthyes; Vision; Microscopy; Morphology. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022017000100045 |
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