TY - JOUR
T1 - General descriptions of the dermis structure of a juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus from the Gulf of California
AU - Becerril-García, Edgar E.
AU - Pancaldi, Francesca
AU - Cruz-Villacorta, Ariel A.
AU - Rivera-Camacho, Alma R.
AU - Aguilar-Cruz, Carlos A.
AU - Whitehead, Darren A.
AU - González-Armas, Rogelio
AU - Arellano-Martínez, Marcial
AU - Galván-Magaña, Felipe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Fisheries Society of the British Isles.
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - The aim of this study is to provide preliminary observations on the microanatomy of Rhincodon typus skin using histology and electron microscopy analyses. Skin biopsies were obtained from a deceased juvenile male shark (548 cm total length) stranded in La Paz, Mexico, during February 2018. The results of this study evidenced the basic structure of the dermal denticles in the epidermis of the trunk of the shark, as well as the composition of the connective tissue in the hypodermis. Histological images of the hypodermis showed a high concentration of collagen fibres, formed by a large number of fine and wavy fibres of compact shape and little intercellular substance.
AB - The aim of this study is to provide preliminary observations on the microanatomy of Rhincodon typus skin using histology and electron microscopy analyses. Skin biopsies were obtained from a deceased juvenile male shark (548 cm total length) stranded in La Paz, Mexico, during February 2018. The results of this study evidenced the basic structure of the dermal denticles in the epidermis of the trunk of the shark, as well as the composition of the connective tissue in the hypodermis. Histological images of the hypodermis showed a high concentration of collagen fibres, formed by a large number of fine and wavy fibres of compact shape and little intercellular substance.
KW - Rhincodon typus
KW - dermal denticles
KW - electron microscopy
KW - histology
KW - threatened species
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U2 - 10.1111/jfb.14827
DO - 10.1111/jfb.14827
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 34159587
AN - SCOPUS:85109252074
SN - 0022-1112
VL - 99
SP - 1524
EP - 1528
JO - Journal of Fish Biology
JF - Journal of Fish Biology
IS - 4
ER -