First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (family Megachasmidae) in the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean
Background: A new record of Megachasma pelagios is here reported for the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean from Puerto Rico. Results: On December 10, 2016, a tourist reported an unusual stranded shark on Mojacasabe Beach, Cabo Rojo, on the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico. Visual examination of...
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ftnsoutheastern:oai:nsuworks.nova.edu:cnso_bio_facarticles-2162 2023-05-15T17:25:55+02:00 First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (family Megachasmidae) in the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean Rodriguez-Ferrer, Grisel Wetherbee, Bradley M. Schärer, Michelle Lilyestrom, Craig Zegarra, Jan P. Shivji, Mahmood 2017-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_bio_facarticles/1163 https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2162&context=cnso_bio_facarticles unknown NSUWorks https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_bio_facarticles/1163 https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2162&context=cnso_bio_facarticles http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY Biology Faculty Articles Caribbean DNA barcoding First record Megamouth shark Puerto Rico Range extension Biology Life Sciences article 2017 ftnsoutheastern 2022-04-10T22:17:13Z Background: A new record of Megachasma pelagios is here reported for the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean from Puerto Rico. Results: On December 10, 2016, a tourist reported an unusual stranded shark on Mojacasabe Beach, Cabo Rojo, on the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico. Visual examination of the carcass and mitochondrial DNA analysis from a dorsal fin sample revealed it to be a 457 cm female megamouth shark. Conclusion: This record represents the first record of M. pelagios for the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean within the Caribbean Sea of southwest Puerto Rico and only the second record of M. pelagios from the North Atlantic. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Nova Southeastern University: NSU Works |
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Caribbean DNA barcoding First record Megamouth shark Puerto Rico Range extension Biology Life Sciences Rodriguez-Ferrer, Grisel Wetherbee, Bradley M. Schärer, Michelle Lilyestrom, Craig Zegarra, Jan P. Shivji, Mahmood First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (family Megachasmidae) in the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean |
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Background: A new record of Megachasma pelagios is here reported for the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean from Puerto Rico. Results: On December 10, 2016, a tourist reported an unusual stranded shark on Mojacasabe Beach, Cabo Rojo, on the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico. Visual examination of the carcass and mitochondrial DNA analysis from a dorsal fin sample revealed it to be a 457 cm female megamouth shark. Conclusion: This record represents the first record of M. pelagios for the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean within the Caribbean Sea of southwest Puerto Rico and only the second record of M. pelagios from the North Atlantic. |
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Rodriguez-Ferrer, Grisel Wetherbee, Bradley M. Schärer, Michelle Lilyestrom, Craig Zegarra, Jan P. Shivji, Mahmood |
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First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (family Megachasmidae) in the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean |
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First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (family Megachasmidae) in the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean |
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First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (family Megachasmidae) in the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean |
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First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (family Megachasmidae) in the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean |
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First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (family Megachasmidae) in the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean |
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first record of the megamouth shark, megachasma pelagios, (family megachasmidae) in the tropical western north atlantic ocean |
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