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[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (55 entries) : 203 images ; digital files. |
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text rdacontent |
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still image rdacontent |
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electronic isbdmedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Wild Nature Press ser. |
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Wild Nature Press ser.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- An introduction to manta and devil rays -- Taxonomy and evolution -- Mobulid genetics -- Feeding strategies -- Leaping devils -- Cleaning giants -- Predators and wound healing -- Intestinal eversion and vomiting -- Remoras and hitchhikers -- Courtship and mating -- Mating scars -- Gestation and pupping -- Big and brainy -- Patterning and morphs -- Morphology -- Spiracles -- Gill plates -- Sexual dimorphism -- Species accounts -- Species key -- Reef Manta Ray, Mobula alfredi -- Oceanic Manta Ray, Mobula birostris -- Longhorned Pygmy Devil Ray, Mobula eregoodootenkee -- West Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray, Mobula hypostoma -- Shorthorned Pygmy Devil Ray, Mobula kuhlii -- Spinetail Devil Ray, Mobula mobular -- Munk's Pygmy Devil Ray, Mobula munkiana -- East Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray, Mobula rochebrunei -- Sicklefin Devil Ray, Mobula tarapacana -- Bentfin Devil Ray, Mobula thurstoni -- Caribbean Manta Ray, Mobula cf. birostris -- Mobulids and people -- Threats to mobulids -- Fisheries -- Gill plate trade -- Bycatch and discard -- Conserving mobulids -- Protective legislation -- Marine Protected Areas -- Citizen science -- Manta identification -- Swimming with mobulids -- Code of conduct -- Appendices -- Data collection protocols -- Law enforcement and trade monitoring guide to the gill plates of mobulids. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
Manta and devil rays are some of the most intriguing creatures in the ocean. Driven forward by powerful beats of wing-like pectoral fins, these filter feeders search the waters for prey, their horn-like head fins giving rise to ancient mariners' tales of fearsome devilfish dragging boats into the ocean depths. |
| Form |
Also available in print version. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Mobulidae.
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Mobulidae -- Identification.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Notarbartolo di Sciara, Giuseppe, author.
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Fernando, Daniel, author.
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Dando, Marc, illustrator.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Added Title |
Guide to the manta and devil rays of the world |
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Manta & devil rays of the world |
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Manta and devil rays of the world |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 0995567395 9780995567399 |
| ISBN |
9781803160405 electronic version |
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0995567395 print |
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9780995567399 print |
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