- 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
either end...
- the
leading margin of the
cephalofoil may
allow for
better detection and
tracking of odor
trails in the water. The
cephalofoil also
provides a
large surface...
-
characterized by a broad, smooth, spade-like head: it has the
smallest cephalofoil (hammerhead) of all
Sphyrna species. The body is grey-brown
above and...
-
distinguished from
other hammerheads by the
shape of its "hammer" (called the "
cephalofoil"),
which is wide with an
almost straight front margin, and by its tall...
- is
flattened and
laterally extended into a
hammer shape (called the "
cephalofoil"),
without an
indentation in the
middle of the
front margin (hence "smooth")...
- 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...
-
flattened and
laterally expanded into a hammer-shaped
structure called the
cephalofoil,
which in this
species is wide and long with an
arched front margin bearing...
- "hammer"
shape called a
cephalofoil. Many, not
necessarily mutually exclusive,
functions have been
proposed for the
cephalofoil,
including sensory reception...
-
tentacle on the eyestalk.
Eyestalk of a lobster.
Eyestalk ablation The
cephalofoils of
Hammerhead sharks "Slug and
Snail Anatomy". All
About Slugs. Retrieved...
