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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Published in:Marine Biodiversity Records
Main Authors: Rodriguez-Ferrer, Grisel, Wetherbee, Bradley M., Schärer, Michelle, Lilyestrom, Craig, Zegarra, Jan P., Shivji, Mahmood
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North Atlantic
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spelling ftunivrhodeislan:oai:digitalcommons.uri.edu:bio_facpubs-1581 2024-09-15T18:20:47+00:00 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://digitalcommons.uri.edu/bio_facpubs/609 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-017-0117-y https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/context/bio_facpubs/article/1581/viewcontent/Wetherbee_FirstRecord_2017.pdf unknown DigitalCommons@URI https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/bio_facpubs/609 doi:10.1186/s41200-017-0117-y https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/context/bio_facpubs/article/1581/viewcontent/Wetherbee_FirstRecord_2017.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Biological Sciences Faculty Publications text 2017 ftunivrhodeislan https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-017-0117-y 2024-08-21T00:09:34Z 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. Text North Atlantic University of Rhode Island: DigitalCommons@URI Marine Biodiversity Records 10 1
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description 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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First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (family Megachasmidae) in the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean
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