Successful delivery of viviparous lantern shark from an artificial uterus and the self-production of lantern shark luciferin

• Taketeru Tomita ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: t-tomita@okichura.jp

  Affiliations Okinawa Churashima Research Institute, Okinawa Churashima Foundation, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan, Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Okinawa Churashima Foundation, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9924-6566

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• Minoru Toda,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Okinawa Churashima Foundation, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan

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• Atsushi Kaneko,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Okinawa Churashima Foundation, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan

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• Kiyomi Murakumo,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Okinawa Churashima Foundation Veterinary Hospital, Okinawa Churashima Foundation, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan

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• Kei Miyamoto,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Okinawa Churashima Research Institute, Okinawa Churashima Foundation, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan, Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Okinawa Churashima Foundation, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan

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• Keiichi Sato

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Okinawa Churashima Research Institute, Okinawa Churashima Foundation, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan, Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Okinawa Churashima Foundation, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan

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