Megachasma pelagios | Literature

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Dailey, M.D. & Vogelbein, W. (1982)
Mixodigmatidae, a New Family of Cestode (Trypanorhyncha) from a Deep Sea, Planktivorous Shark. Journal of Parasitology, 68(1), 145–149

Taylor, L.R. & Compagno, L.J.V. & Struhsaker, P.J. (1983)
Megamouth a new species, genus and family of lamnoid sharks, Megachasma pelagios (Family Megachasmidae), from the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4), 43(8), 87–110

Compagno, L.J.V. (1984)
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Nakaya, K. (1989)
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Berra, T.M. & Hutchins, J.B. (1990)
A specimen of megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios (Megachasmidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 14(4), 651–656

Compagno, L.J.V. (1990)
Relationships of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios (Lamniformes: Megachasmidae), with comments on its feeding habits. In Pratt, H.L., Gruber, S.H., Taniuchi, T., editors. Elasmobranchs as living resources: advances in the biology, ecology, systematics, and the status of the fisheries: NOAA Technical Report NMFS, 90: 357–379

Berra, T.M. & Hutchins, J.B. (1991)
Natural history notes on the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, from Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist, 18(8), 224–233

Lavenberg, R.J. (1991)
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Miya, M. & Hirosawa, M. & Mochizuki, K. (1992)
Occurrence of a megachasmid shark in Suruga Bay: photographic evidence. Journal of the Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 2(1), 41–44

Herman, J. & Hovestadt-Euler, M. & Hovestadt, D.C. (1993)
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Hovestadt, D.C. & Hovestadt-Euler, M. (1993)
The vascularization system in teeth of Selachii. Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Paper, Elasmobranches et Stratigraphie, 264, 241–258

Moyle, P.B. (1993)
Fish imagery in art 52: Ellis' Megamouth shark. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 38(1–3), 22
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Clark, E. & Castro, J.I. (1995)
Megamama' is a virgin: dissection of the first female specimen of Megachasma pelagios. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 43(4), 329–332
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Séret, B. (1995)
Premiére capture d'un requin grande gueule (Chondrichthyes, Megachasmidae) dans l'Atlantique, au large du Sénégal. Cybium, 19(4), 425–427

Castro, J.I. & Clark, E. & Yano, K. & Nakaya, K. (1996)
The gross anatomy of the female reproductive tract of the Fukuoka megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 12th Annual Meeting, June 13–19,1996 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.

Ishida, H. & Miyamoto, H. & Kajino, T. & Nakayasu, H. & Nukaya, H. & Tsuji, K. (1996)
Study on the Bile Salt from Megamouth Shark. I. The Structures of a New Bile Alcohol, 7-Deoxyscymnol, and Its New Sodium Sulfates. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 44(7), 1289–1292

Long, D.J. & Waggoner, B.M. (1996)
Evolutionary relationships of the white shark: A phylogeny of lamniform sharks based on dental morphology. In A.P. Klimley & D. Ainley, (Eds.), Great White Sharks. The biology of Carcharodon carcharias (pp. 37–47). Academic Press.

Nakaya, K. (1996)
Megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios has a white lip [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 12th Annual Meeting, June 13–19,1996 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.

Rosa, R.S. & Menezes, N.A. (1996)
Relação preliminar das espécies de peixes (Pisces, Elasmobranchii, Actinopterygii) ameaçadas no Brasil. [Preliminary list of endangered fish species (Pisces, Elasmobranchii , Actinopterygii) in Brazil.] Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 13(3), 647–667
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Yano, K. & Goto, M. & Yabumoto, Y. (1996)
Dermal and mucous denticles of a female megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, from Hakata Bay, Japan [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 12th Annual Meeting, June 13–19,1996 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.

Berra, T.M. (1997)
Some 20th century fish discoveries. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 50(1), 1–12
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Caira, J.N. & Jensen, K. & Yamane, Y. & Isobe, A. & Nagasawa, K. (1997)
On the tapeworms of Megachasma pelagios: Description of a new genus and species of lecanicephalidean and additional information on the trypanorhynch Mixodigma leptaleum. In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press: 181–191

Castro, J.I. & Clark, E. & Yano, K. & Nakaya, K. (1997)
The gross anatomy of the female reproductive tract and associated organs of the Fukuoka megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios). In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press: 115–119, figs 1–3

Ellis, R. (1997)
Seeungeheuer - Mythen, Fabeln und Fakten. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel

Itabashi, Y. & Yamaguchi, A. & Nakaya, K. (1997)
Liver oil composition of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios. In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press: 151–159, figs 1–2

Martin, A.P. & Naylor, G.J.P. (1997)
Independent origins of filter-feeding in megamouth and basking sharks (Order Lamniformes) inferred from phylogenetic analysis of Cytochrome b gene sequences. In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press: 39–50, figs 1–8

Morrissey, J.F. & Dunn, K.A. & Mulé, F. (1997)
The phylogenetic position of Megachasma pelagios inferred from mtDNA sequence data. In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press: 33–37, figs 1–2

Mould, B. (1997)
Classification of the recent Elasmobranchii. Copyright Brian Mould 1997

Nagasawa, K. & Nakaya, K. (1997)
The parasitic copepod Dinemoleus indeprensus (Siphonostomatoida: Pandaridae) from the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, from Japan. In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press: 177–179

Nakaya, K. & Yano, K. & Takada, K. & Hiruda, H. (1997)
Morphology of the first female megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios (Elasmobranchii: Megachasmidae), landed at Fukuoka, Japan. In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press: 51–62, figs 1–14, tab. 1

Naylor, G.J.P. & Martin, A.P. & Mattison, E.G. & Brown, W.M. (1997)
Interrelationships of lamniform sharks: Testing phylogenetic hypotheses with sequence data. In T.D. Kocher & C.A. Stepien, eds. Molecular systematics of fishes, Academic Press, pp. 199–218, figs 1–10

Nelson, D.R. & McKibben, J.N. & Strong, W.R. & Lowe, C.G. & Sisneros, J.A. & Schroeder, D.M. & Lavenberg, R.J. (1997)
An acoustic tracking of a megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios: a crepuscular vertical migrator. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 49(4), 389–399
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Oikawa, S. & Kanda, T. (1997)
Some features of the gills of a megamouth shark and a shortfin mako, with reference to metabolic activity. In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press: 93–104, figs 1–8

Takada, K. & Hiruda, H. & Wakisaka, S. & Kudo, S. & Yano, K. (1997)
A summary of the freezing, thawing, preservation, and display methodology on a large Megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 13th Annual Meeting, 26 June–2 July 1997, Seattle, Washington

Takada, K. & Hiruda, H. & Wakisaka, S. & Kudo, S. & Yano, K. (1997)
A summary of the freezing, thawing, preservation, and display methodology on a large Megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios. In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press: 11–19

Takada, K. & Hiruda, H. & Wakisaka, S. & Mori, T. & Nakaya, K. (1997)
Capture of the first female megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, from Hakata Bay, Fukuoka, Japan. In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press: 3–9

Tanaka, Sho & Yano, K. (1997)
Histological observations on the reproductive organs of a female megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, from Hakata Bay, Japan. In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press, 121–129

Yabumoto, Y. & Goto, M. & Yano, K. & Uyeno, T. (1997)
Dentition of a female megamouth, Megachasma pelagios, collected from Hakata Bay, Japan. In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press: 63–75, figs 1–15

Yano, K. & Goto, M. & Yabumoto, Y. (1997)
Dermal and mucous denticles of a female megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, from Hakata Bay, Japan. In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press: 77-91

Yano, K. & Yabumoto, Y. & Ogawa, H. & Hasegawa, T. & Naganobu, K. & Matumura, S. & Misuna, Y. & Matumunra, K. (1997)
X-ray Observations on Vertebrae and Dentition of a Megamouth Shark ,Megachasma pelagios, from Hakata Bay, Japan. In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press: 21-29

Yokoyama, H. (1997)
A Myxosporean parasite of the genus Chloromyxum (Protozoa:Myxozoa) from the gall bladder of a Megamouth shark. In K. Yano, J.F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto & K. Nakaya, eds. Biology of the megamouth shark, Tokai U. Press: 193–195

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Ito, H. & Yoshimoto, M. & Somiya, H. (1999)
External Brain Form and Cranial Nerves of the Megamouth Shark, Megachasma pelagios. Copeia, 1999(1), 210–213

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Capture of Megamouth 11 in the Philippines. Philippine Scientist, 36, 143–147

Pecchiono, P. & Benoldi, C. (1999)
Surface interaction between three sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and a megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios). European Research on Cetaceans, 13, 67–69

Shimada, K. (1999)
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Yano, K. & Yabumoto, Y. & Tanaka, Sho & Tsukada, O. & Furuta, M. (1999)
Capture of a mature female megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, from Mie, Japan. In Seret, B. and Sire, J.Y. (Eds) Indo-Pacific fish biology: Proceedings of the 5th Indo-Pacific Fisheries Conference, Noumea, 1997. Ichthyological Society of France, Paris: 335–349, figs 1–7

Amorim, A.F. & Arfelli, C.A. & Castro, J.I. (2000)
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