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 Rowlatt, Ursula; Marsh, Helene D. (detail)
   
1985
The heart of the dugong (Dugong dugon) and the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) (Sirenia).
Jour. Morph. 186(1): 95-106. 6 figs. DOI:10.1002/jmor.1051860109. Oct. 1985.
–Describes the gross anatomy of the heart and great vessels and their situation in the thorax. Most of the description is intended to apply to both species but is apparently based mainly on the dugong. Some differences between dugong and manatee hearts are explicitly pointed out and interpreted as consistent with greater stamina in the dugong; but otherwise the authors suggest only that "a morphologically unusual heart may be expected in a morphologically unusual thorax."

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  x 1985 Rowlatt & Marsh (DD, TM; heart & related thoracic structures; 95-106.)
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  x * 1985 Rowlatt & Marsh (DD, TM; heart & great vessels; 95-106.)
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  x 1985 Rowlatt & Marsh (heart & great vessels; 95-106.)

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