Rectal Glands of Marine and Fresh-Water Sharks: Comparative Histology
- 29 May 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 144 (3622) , 1151-1152
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.144.3622.1151
Abstract
The rectal glands of elasmobranchs perform the function of salt-excreting organs. These glands are smaller and show regressive changes in specimens of the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas found in fresh-water environment, compared with specimens of this and other species from a marine habitat.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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