- form of
their heads,
which are
flattened and
laterally extended into a
cephalofoil (a T-shape or "hammer"). The shark's eyes are
placed one on each end...
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species with
smaller cephalofoils evolved first from a
requiem shark ancestor, and
later gave rise to
species with
larger cephalofoils.
Under this interpretation...
- show that the
first hammerheads to
evolve had
large rather than
small cephalofoils. The
great hammerhead inhabits tropical waters around the world, between...
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their cephalofoils. The
smaller cephalofoil of a
bonnethead shark is not as successful, so they have to rely on the
combination of
cephalofoils and their...
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hammerhead species,
indicating that the
first hammerheads to
evolve had
large cephalofoils. The second-largest
hammerhead next to the
great hammerhead, the smooth...
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found along the West
Atlantic coast from
Belize to Brazil. Its
pointed cephalofoil distinguishes it from the more
northern bonnethead shark (Sphyrna tiburo)...
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cephalofoils of
newborns are longer, more arched, and less
indented in
front than
those of adults. The eyes,
placed at the ends of the
cephalofoils,...
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tentacle on the eyestalk.
Eyestalk of a lobster.
Eyestalk ablation The
cephalofoils of
Hammerhead sharks "Slug and
Snail Anatomy". All
About Slugs. Retrieved...
- up to 92
centimetres (36 in) long. Its mallet-shaped head,
called a
cephalofoil, is
moderately wide (24–29% of
total length) and
elongated lengthwise...
