An identification key for Chondrichthyes egg cases of the Mediterranean and Black Sea

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• Journal Title:
  The European Zoological Journal
• Personal Author:
  Mancusi, C. ; Massi, D. ; Baino, R. ; Cariani, A. ; Crobe, V. ; Ebert, D. A. ; Ferrari, A. ; Gordon, C. A. ; Hoff, G. R. ; Iglesias, S. P. ; Titone, A. ; Serena, F.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; AFSC (Alaska Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  Chondrichthyan egg cases are important elements for species-specific identification and also provide a valuable aid in determining a species spatial distribution, as well as for defining spawning areas. Considering the absence of a general key for the identification of the egg cases of the Mediterranean Chondrichthyes, this work aims to fill this gap by presenting a species-specific key based on morphological features of the egg case. The key was developed primarily analysing fresh egg cases dissected from the oviduct, egg cases collected from the seabed or found dried lying on the seashore, after species confirmation by DNA analysis. Original data were integrated with information scrutinized from literature. In order to
• Keywords:
  Animal Science and Zoology
• Source:
  The European Zoological Journal, 88(1), 436-448
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2020.1862926
• ISSN:
  2475-0263
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  Informa UK Limited
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:06ed33332b99158d6da18a6c674eaa3af7244b89bdd03be297ea074b6b75d0f2
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/53974/noaa_53974_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.57 MB ]