TY - JOUR
T1 - First report of an embryonic dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) with cyclopia and other abnormalities
AU - Bejarano-Álvarez, Olga Marcela
AU - Galván-Magaña, Felipe
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - We report the first record of an elasmobranch (shark) with cyclopia and other abnormalities (albinism, absence of nostrils, a bump on the snout and a slight abnormality in the vertebral column). These malformations were found in an embryonic dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus caught near Cerralvo Island in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Tomographic images were taken to observe these deformities in detail. The causes of these deformities are uncertain but may be attributed to congenital malformation during embryonic development (holoprosencephaly).
AB - We report the first record of an elasmobranch (shark) with cyclopia and other abnormalities (albinism, absence of nostrils, a bump on the snout and a slight abnormality in the vertebral column). These malformations were found in an embryonic dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus caught near Cerralvo Island in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Tomographic images were taken to observe these deformities in detail. The causes of these deformities are uncertain but may be attributed to congenital malformation during embryonic development (holoprosencephaly).
KW - Mexico
KW - albinism
KW - deformities
KW - dusky shark
KW - elasmobranchs
KW - holoprosencephaly
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84904974413&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S1755267212001236
DO - 10.1017/S1755267212001236
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1755-2672
VL - 6
JO - Marine Biodiversity Records
JF - Marine Biodiversity Records
M1 - e11
ER -