Graphical abstract displaying key features of the basking shark denticles (IMAGE)

Society for Experimental Biology

Graphical abstract displaying key features of the basking shark denticles

Caption

(1) The basking shark head, (2) Their distinctive skin consisting of 'paver block' arrangement, (3) Renderings comparing the skin denticle shape/arrangement with another close shark species (not on same scale!), (4) The shape variations of denticles.

Credit

Mike Schindler

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