With the help of an impressive list of contributors, Hamlett has assembled an extremely
useful and comprehensive text on elasmobranch morphology. Spanning systematics, anatomy,
physiology and biochemistry, this volume should prove to be an important reference not only
to those interested in living sharks, but also for those studying their fossil
counterparts.
| The book includes 16 chapters & a very useful appendix (515 pages.) |
| 1. |
Systematics and Body Form - L. J. V. Compagno |
| 2. |
Integumentary System and Teeth - N. E. Kemp |
| 3. |
Endoskeleton - L. J. V. Compagno |
| 4. |
Muscular System: Gross Anatomy & Functional Morphology - Liem & Summers |
| 5. |
Muscular System: Microscopical Anatomy, Physiology & Biochemistry - Q. Bone |
| 6. |
Digestive System - Holmgren & Nilsson |
| 7. |
Respiratory System - P. Butler |
| 8. |
Circulatory System: Anatomy of Peripheral Circulatory System - R. Muñoz-Chápuli |
| 9. |
Circulatory System: Distinctive Attributes - G. Satchell |
| 10. |
The Heart - B. Tota |
| 11. |
Nervous System - M. Hofmann |
| 12. |
Special Senses - Bleckmann & Hofmann |
| 13. |
Rectal Gland & Volume Homeostasis - K. Olson |
| 14. |
Urinary System - Lacy & Reale |
| 15. |
Female Reproductive System - Hamlett & Koob |
| 16. |
Male Reproductive System - W. Hamlett |
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Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs - L. J. V. Compagno |
