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VI.—On the Lateral Sense Organs of Elasmobranchs. II. The Sensory Canals of the Common Skate (Raia batis)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

J. C. Ewart  and
J. C. Mitchell
J. C. Ewart
Affiliation:
Regius Professor of Natural History
J. C. Mitchell
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh.
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In the paper on the sensory canals of Læmargus, communicated to the Royal Society in July last, it was pointed out that the arrangement of the sensory canals differed considerably in the Batoidei from that in Selachoidei, and it was mentioned that the sensory canals of the skate would be next described.

The skate has been selected chiefly because the sensory canals are more typical than in the torpedoes and the whip and sting rays. In the torpedoes some of the canals are in a vestigial condition; while in the rays proper they have in most species undergone great specialisation. But another reason is, that an account of the development of the lateral sense organs in the skate is likely ere long to be published; and, further, the skate will be more easily obtained and kept under observation than the rays, when physiologists eventually direct their attention to the lateral sense organs of Elasmobranchs.

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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , 1895 , pp. 87 - 105
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1895

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