Mar 30, 2016 ... By latching on to the female's fin, the male remains close enough for one of his two – yes two – reproductive organs (known as claspers) to deliver ...

Indeed, the left ovary often releases very few or no eggs. Compare the reproductive organs of mature female blue and porbeagle sharks (Note: these are high ...

Feb 13, 2017 ... Claspers: Sexual reproduction organs found on male elasmobranchs and chimaeras. · Cloaca: Also called the vent; the opening to their digestive, ...

The male's pelvic fin (the fin on the underside of the body, close to the tail) has evolved into claspers on the posterior side. These claspers are a pair of organs that ...

Unlike bony fish, who shed eggs and sperm into the water column, sharks have developed internal fertilization as a mode of reproduction. The male's sexual organ ...

The claspers of a spotted wobbegong shark (Orectolobus maculatus). The claspers of a young spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna). In biology, a clasper is a male anatomical str...

Technically, male sharks don't have penises. What they do have are grooved organs that are used to deposit sperm into the genital duct of sexually receptive ...

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION. In these cases the fertilization is internal. At the back of the pelvic fins are the male reproductive organs called claspers, which transfer  ...

Observations on a Pregnant White Shark with a Review of Reproductive Biology ... The development of unique erectile copulatory organs, termed claspers, ...

Jul 29, 2019 ... Male sharks have paired intromittent organs called claspers. Claspers are modifications of the pelvic fins and are located on the inner margin of ...