Shark Denticles (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

Shark Denticles

Caption

The shape of a dermal denticle is related to its primary function and can be used to identify the kind of shark it came from.

Credit

Erin Dillon, Aaron O’Dea, and Jorge Ceballos

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License

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