The megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, is not a luminous species.

The megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, is not a luminous species.

Despite its five meters length, the megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983) is one of the rarest big sharks known in the world (117 specimens observed and documented so far). This filter-feeding shark has been assumed to be a luminous species, using its species-...

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Main Authors: Laurent Duchatelet, Victoria C Moris, Taketeru Tomita, Jacques Mahillon, Keiichi Sato, Catherine Behets, Jérôme Mallefet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242196

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