Morphological variation of hypaxial musculature in salamanders (Lissamphibia: Caudata)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-164

  Simons, Rachel S ^a   Brainerd, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial muscle; Caudata; Hypaxial muscle; M. obliquus externus; M. obliquus internus; M. transversus abdominis; Salamanders; Trunk musculature; Urodela

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANATOMY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; MUSCLES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URODELA;

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; AMPHIUMA TRIDACTYLUM; AMPHIUMIDAE; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS; DICAMPTODON; DICAMPTODONTIDAE; GYRINOPHILUS PORPHYRITICUS; NECTURUS MACULOSUS; PACHYTRITON; PLETHODONTIDAE; PROTEIDAE; SALAMANDRIDAE; SIREN LACERTINA; SIRENIDAE; TRITURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033179311     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199908)241:2<153::AID-JMOR5>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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