Large Animal Dissection

Melissa Kellett

Kingdom

Family

PhylumClassOrder

GenusSpecies

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/could-megalodon-still-live-deep-ocean

http://blogs.britannica.com/2012/08/why-sharks-rule/http://www.twittearth.com/

500 +Species

Mako Shark

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/gallery/descript/shortfinmako/shortfinmako.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortfin_mako_shark

http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/tag/great-white-shark/

http://fisherynation.com/archives/5950

http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheets/2011/11/03/shortfin-mako-sharks

http://squid.tepapa.govt.nz/anatomy/article/colossal-squid-giant-squid-and-octopus

http://www.queposfishadventure.com/Tuna.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackerel

http://www.elasmodiver.com/spiny_dogfish.htm

Spiny Dogfish

http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/shark_profiles/squaliformes.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny_dogfish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny_dogfishhttp://www.fishwatch.gov/

seafood_profiles/species/squid/species_pages/market_squid.htm

http://www.kayakfishingsupplies.com/quick-reference-live-bait

External Features

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2442406/Sea-lion-taunts-GREAT-WHITE-SHARK-biting-tail.html

Fast Swimming SharksHomocercal

http://www.pelagic.org/montereybay/pelagic/salmonshark.html

http://www.umamiseafood.com/about-umami

Caudal Keel

Convergent

Evolution

e.g. Great White Shark/Mako

http://carnivoraforum.com/topic/9333362/1/

Typical SharksHeterocercal

http://www.oceansafrica.com/bronze-whaler/ https://worldsbestdives.com/thresher-sharks/

e.g. Bronze Whaler e.g. Thresher Shark

Bottom Dwelling Sharks

e.g. Carpet Sharks

http://yafi20.blogspot.co.nz/2013/09/penemuan-baru-hiu-berjalan-di-indonesia.html

Skeleton / Cartilage

http://www.chalk.discoveringfossils.co.uk/5%20SHARK%20TERMINOLOGY.htm

Ceratotrichia

http://www.adweek.com/prnewser/animal-rights-groups-help-inspire-hong-kong-shark-fin-ban/73814

https://storify.com/Aubrey26/sharks

http://www.livescience.com/40875-china-losing-taste-for-shark-fin-soup.html

SENSES

Lateral Line/ Touch

Hearing

Sight

Smell

Taste

Electroreception – 6th sense

Smell Olfaction = Sense of

smell

Olfactory Lamellae

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/dissection-of-a-great-white-shark-2012- http://www.aqob.com.au/details.php?p_id=631

Sight

http://WWW.godandscience.org/evolution/designgonebad.html

http://www.eyesurgeon.ie/surgery-information/refractive-laser-eye-surgery/

Protractor lentis

Tapetum lucidum

Rectus muscles

http://www.tedmontgomery.com/the_eye/eom.html

http://www.snobessentials.com/2009/06/alligator_and_shark_goggles.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapetum_lucidum

http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_freeman_biosci_1/7/1956/500890.cw/index.html

Sight

orhttp://www.arkive.org/tiger-shark/galeocerdo-cuvier/image-G37161.html

http://www.arkive.org/caribbean-reef-shark/carcharhinus-perezi/image-G43400.html

https://shibumo.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/great-white-sharks-surprising-things-you-might-not-know-about-them/

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/wallpaper/animals/photos/your-shark-photos/shark-and-fish/

Taste

Basihyal

Gustatory = Sense of taste

http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2010/10/05/great-white-shark-new-arrival-at-te-papa/http://www.ucumberlands.edu/academics/biology/faculty/kuss/courses/skeletal%20system/skullChondrichthtyes.htm

Hearing Balance and

EquilibriumSacculusLagenaUtriculus

http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/sharks/shark-senses2.htm

Maculae

http://www.photoventure.com/2013/09/10/22-terrifyingly-close-wildlife-images/5/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2050031/Diver-balances-shark-VERTICALLY-palm-hand--putting-trance.html

Lateral Line / Touch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_line#mediaviewer/File:Sharks_Lateral_Line.svg

Electroreception – 6th sense

http://www.aqob.com.au/details.php?p_id=631

http://www.levinegabriella.com/exploringbiomimicry/itp/electroreception-locator/

External pore

Jelly-filled canal (semi-conductor)

Ampulla (sensory cell bundle)

Nerve fibres(send info to brain)

Brain

http://www.sharksinfo.com/brain.html

Olfactory Lobe

Cerebellum

Cerebrum

Optic Lobe

Skin Epidermis and

Dermis

http://www.doe.ky/marine/sharks/shark-biology/

Denticles

http://all-free-download.com/free-vector/water-vortex.html

http://www.livescience.com/18385-shark-skin-mini-whirlpools.html

Teeth Bottom feeding – e.g. Horn

Shark

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/hornshark/hornshark.html

Pelagic Sharks – e.g. Mako Shark

http://animalstime.com/how-many-teeth-do-sharks-have-in-a-lifetime/

e.g. Great White / Tiger Shark

http://www.typesofsharkshq.com/

Plankton feeders e.g. Whale Shark

http://marinelifes.blogspot.co.nz/

Jaw

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=3829

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYdt400AJdk

http://www.waterworks.com/products/surfaces/stone/mosaic/signet-3cm-hexagon-mosaic/4525

http://www.fearbeneath.com/media/photo-galleries/great-white-sharks/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYdt400AJdk

Goblin shark

Tesserae

Gills

http://mannaismayaadventure.co./2011/01/29/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYdt400AJdk

http://www.bio.utexas.edu/faculty/sjasper/Bio213/chordates.html

Gills

http://mannaismayaadventure.co./2011/01/29/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill

Ram Ventilation

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/21/shark-cull-greg-hunt-exempts-wa

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stegostoma_fasciatum_JNC1529_Eye_and_spiracle.JPG

Buccal pumping

Spiricles

Obligate ram ventilatorse.g. mako, great white

shark

Locomotion

http://www.chalk.discoveringfossils.co.uk/5%20SHARK%20TERMINOLOGY.htm

https://quizlet.com/30788431/shark-lab-practical-flash-cards/

Myo-septa

Myomeres

http://www.hawaii.edu/himb/sharklab/pauleyimages/week3.html

Liver

Digestion – bile Storage and release of

vitamins Detoxifies poisons Stabilises blood sugar

level

Buoyancy

http://spacecoastdaily.com/2012/07/the-importance-of-venting-deep-water-fish/

http://oceanaproducts.com/index.php/oceana-deep-sea-shark-liver-oil-100-capsules-19.htmlhttp://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?

adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=152

Esophagus / Stomach / Intestines

http://thegoblinsharkresource.weebly.com/digestion.html

http://thegoblinsharkresource.weebly.com/digestion.html

Rugae(folds)

Peristalsis

(squeezing)

Cloaca

Osmoregulation / Kidneys Maintenance of salt and water concentrations

in the body

http://nzbowhunters.co.nz/public_html/NEW2012/snapper/

http://www.bwac.com.au/shark-on-the-birchy/

Low salt

High salt

H2O

http://pixshark.com/glass-of-water-cartoon.htm

High salt

Low salt

H2OOsmosis

http://pixshark.com/glass-of-water-cartoon.htm

Urea Trimethylamine oxide

Rectal Gland

Bull Shark

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/69594756711686837/

http://wetset.com/products-page/all-inclusive/shark-diving/

Diadromous

Urea Rectal gland activity

Dilute urine

Reproduction

K-selected

r-selected

http://joshsjungle.com/dolphins-sleeping-habits/mother-bottlenose-dolphin-with-newborn-calf-2/

http://bbjtoday.com/blog/photo-essay-bellingham-cold-storage/9545

http://www.niwa.co.nz/fisheries/ecosystem-influences-on-snapper/life-cycle

Mating

Internal fertilization

http://www.pawation.com/2012/07/30/no-surprise-shark-sex-is-extremely-violent-business/

https://teacheratsea.wordpress.com/tag/claspers/

https://teacheratsea.wordpress.com/category/noaa-teacher-at-sea-2/beth-spear/

Male(clasper

s)

Female

Testis:Produce

sperm and testosterone

Spermataphores

Ovaries:Produce

eggs and estrogen

“Shell gland”

Brooding Oviparity e.g. Carpet

Sharks

http://scrippsblogs.ucsd.edu/onboard/2011/03/05/a-swell-welcoming/

http://www.ausmepa.org.au/rockpools/default.asp?pageid=111&nav=63

Ovoviparity e.g. Great White Sharks

Viviparity e.g. Bull Shark, Blue Shark

http://www.sharkattacks.com/picoftheweek.htm

http://www.starfish.ch/reef/shark.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/10995411/Blue-sharks-sighted-off-French-beaches.html

http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/tag/great-white-shark/

Phil Ross

Phil Ross

Oophagy

Intrauterine cannibalism

e.g. Sandtiger Shark

http://ourfisharebetterthanyours.weebly.com/1/post/2013/04/sand-tiger-shark-laurenr.html

http://imgbuddy.com/baby-sand-tiger-sharks.asp

Phil Ross

Heart

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart

http://www.earthlife.net/fish/blood.html

Atrium = blood collecting chamber

Ventricle = pumps blood on

Thermoregulation - temperature

Poikilothermic (cold blooded)

Homeothermic

(warm blooded) Aerobic red

muscle

Rete mirabile-swimming

muscles-abdominal

cavity-surrounding the

brain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYdt400AJdk

http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-image-piece-fish-image7721176

http://tolweb.org/treehouses/?treehouse_id=4847

http://olahuna.com/sharkfinning/