ventral marginal cartilage

In the clasper skeleton, a flat semicylindrical cartilage that is partially fused to the lateral edge of the axial cartilage, and forms the lateral wall of the clasper groove [Compagno, L. 2001. Sharks of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. Volume 2].

Type Organ
Parent Structure reproductive structure

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What is the ventral marginal cartilage?
In the clasper skeleton, a flat semicylindrical cartilage that is partially fused to the lateral edge of the axial cartilage, and forms the lateral wall of the clasper groove [Compagno, L. 2001. Sharks of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. Volume 2].

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Data sources: Terminologia Anatomica, Foundational Model of Anatomy, Wikidata.