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Figure 7


Fig. 7. Radiograph of a portion of a vertebral column from Ce. granulosus (Gulper). Two vertebrae appear to be fused together (white arrow) as a possible result of material failure. This may also be the result of some pathology, but we suspect not based on the overall health of the rest of this vertebral column. Spinal deformities in elasmobranchs generally affect much larger portions of the column (Heupel et al., 1999). This may be an example of healing in a cartilaginous skeleton, which is contrary to information in the literature (Ashhurst, 2004).





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