OSTEOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE SPERM WHALE PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS LINNAEUS FROM INDIAN OCEAN
The skeleton of a miafe sperm will? lie, Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus(8.1 m) which was stranded on the southern side of Rmisadiai Island" (Gulf ofMannar) on 30th April 1980, is described in detail. The salient features are atrough-shaped asymmertrical skull, long 'V shaped mandible, a v...
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fticar:oai:ojs3.epubs.icar.org.in:article/11944 2023-05-15T17:59:20+02:00 OSTEOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE SPERM WHALE PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS LINNAEUS FROM INDIAN OCEAN James, P S B R Soundararajan, R 2011-11-01 application/pdf https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/11944 eng eng Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (on behalf of Indian Council of Agricultural https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/11944/5747 https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/11944 Copyright (c) 2014 Indian Journal of Fisheries Indian Journal of Fisheries; Vol. 28 No. 1 & 2 (1981); 217-232 0970-6011 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2011 fticar 2022-09-19T09:01:39Z The skeleton of a miafe sperm will? lie, Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus(8.1 m) which was stranded on the southern side of Rmisadiai Island" (Gulf ofMannar) on 30th April 1980, is described in detail. The salient features are atrough-shaped asymmertrical skull, long 'V shaped mandible, a vertebral columnconsisting of seven cervical vertebrae (six of them fused, the first free), eleventhoracic vertebrae with only ten ribs, eight lumbar vertebrae and 23 caudal vertebraewith ten chevron bones attached between 3rd and 4th caudal vertebrae andfairly large forelimbs. Comparison of the skull of this specimen (8.1 m) with thatof another male of an estimated length of 17. 4 m did not reveal any essentialdifferences due to age. The osteofagical features in which the present material differsfrom others on record from elsewhere are mentioned. Article in Journal/Newspaper Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale Indian Agricultural Research Journals ( Indian Council of Agricultural Research) Indian |
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The skeleton of a miafe sperm will? lie, Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus(8.1 m) which was stranded on the southern side of Rmisadiai Island" (Gulf ofMannar) on 30th April 1980, is described in detail. The salient features are atrough-shaped asymmertrical skull, long 'V shaped mandible, a vertebral columnconsisting of seven cervical vertebrae (six of them fused, the first free), eleventhoracic vertebrae with only ten ribs, eight lumbar vertebrae and 23 caudal vertebraewith ten chevron bones attached between 3rd and 4th caudal vertebrae andfairly large forelimbs. Comparison of the skull of this specimen (8.1 m) with thatof another male of an estimated length of 17. 4 m did not reveal any essentialdifferences due to age. The osteofagical features in which the present material differsfrom others on record from elsewhere are mentioned. |
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James, P S B R Soundararajan, R OSTEOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE SPERM WHALE PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS LINNAEUS FROM INDIAN OCEAN |
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James, P S B R Soundararajan, R |
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OSTEOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE SPERM WHALE PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS LINNAEUS FROM INDIAN OCEAN |
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OSTEOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE SPERM WHALE PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS LINNAEUS FROM INDIAN OCEAN |
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OSTEOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE SPERM WHALE PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS LINNAEUS FROM INDIAN OCEAN |
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OSTEOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE SPERM WHALE PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS LINNAEUS FROM INDIAN OCEAN |
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OSTEOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE SPERM WHALE PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS LINNAEUS FROM INDIAN OCEAN |
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osteological study on the sperm whale physeter macrocephalus linnaeus from indian ocean |
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