TY - JOUR
AU - Marancik, D
AB -  Compared with teleosts, examples of bacterial disease are uncommon in elasmobranchs, although several Vibrio spp. have been described as pathogens (Terrell ). This report describes an unusual case of Serratia marcescens associated ampullary system infection that resulted in necrotizing cellulitis of the cephalofoil and septicaemia in a bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo (L.). The shark was housed in an aquarium touch pool exhibit. The harmless, 0.8–1.5 m bonnethead is the smallest member of the hammerhead genus and a popular attraction in aquarium educational exhibits. Typically occurring in small groups, they occur in warm coastal waters of the western Atlantic from New England to Brazil and in the eastern Pacific from southern California to northern Peru at temperatures above 21 °C (Compagno ). The spade‐like cephalofoil is believed to enhance electroreception by the ampullae of Lorenzini, which along with olfactory organs are used to forage for crustaceans and other prey items (Fishelson & Baranes ; Heuter et al . ). The ampullae of Lorenzini form a subdermal network of tubules located primarily on the rostral head of elasmobranchs. Grossly visible skin pores open into squamous‐lined canals filled by a dense, potassium‐ and mucopolysaccharide‐rich conductive gel and terminate in ampullae with 
TI - S erratia marcescens associated ampullary system infection and septicaemia in a bonnethead shark, S phyrna tiburo (L.)
JF - Journal of Fish Diseases
DO - 10.1111/jfd.12107
DA - 2013-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/s-erratia-marcescens-associated-ampullary-system-infection-and-GT980lXp9r
SP - 891
EP - 895
VL - 36
IS - 10
DP - DeepDyve
ER -