Armored eyes of the whale shark
Armored eyes of the whale shark
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San Francisco: Public Library of Science
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English
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San Francisco: Public Library of Science
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This report elaborates on adaptations of the eyes of the whale shark Rhincodon typus (Elasmobranchii, Rhincodontidae), including the discovery that they are covered with dermal denticles, which is a novel mechanism of eye protection in vertebrates. The eye denticle differs in morphology from that of the dermal denticles distributed over the rest of...
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Armored eyes of the whale shark
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2418721130
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2418721130
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0235342
