Interactive three-dimensional atlas of the mineralized skeleton of the sand tiger shark Carcharias taurus .
| Autor: | Winkel EAB; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus N 8200, Denmark.; Department of Forensic Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus N 8200, Denmark., Kristiansen R; Kattegatcentret, Grenaa, 8500, Denmark., Møller PR; Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, København Ø, Denmark., Lauridsen H; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus N 8200, Denmark. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Royal Society open science [R Soc Open Sci] 2024 May 01; Vol. 11 (5), pp. 240287. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 01 (Print Publication: 2024). |
| DOI: | 10.1098/rsos.240287 |
| Abstrakt: | Non-invasive computed tomography (CT) of an adult sand tiger shark Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 is used to provide an interactive three-dimensional 'general' shark (Selachimorpha) anatomy atlas. Given its post-cranial body morphology, the sand tiger shark appeared to be a well-chosen candidate and through comparison of the sand tiger shark with several other representatives of all eight established orders of sharks, we confirm that the relatively large degree of mineralization of the endoskeleton, along with the overall size, makes the sand tiger shark an ideal candidate for skeletal segmentation and construction of a skeletal atlas using conventional CT. This atlas both increases accessibility to the internal morphological features of the sand tiger shark and provides a more generalized overview of the skeletal anatomy of sharks and can aid as a supplement to destructive fresh dissection of specimens in the future and the construction of future skeletal atlases of other less mineralized sharks. Competing Interests: We declare we have no competing interests. (© 2024 The Authors.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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