Anatomical comparison of the cephalic musculature of some members of the superfamily Myliobatoidea (Chondrichthyes): Implications for evolutionary understanding

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 259-272

  González Isáis, Mónica ^a  

^a UNAM Campus Iztacala   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gills; Muscle cephalic; Myliobatoids

Indexed keywords

AETOBATUS NARINARI; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHONDRICHTHYES; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; GYMNURA MARMORATA; GYMNURA MICRURA; HEAD; MANDIBLE; MOBULA MUNKIANA; MOBULA THURSTONI; MUSCLE; MYLIOBATIS CALIFORNICA; MYLIOBATIS LONGIROSTRIS; MYLIOBATOIDEA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOPTERA STEINDACHNERI; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; VETERINARY ANATOMY;

AETOBATUS NARINARI; CHONDRICHTHYES; GYMNURA; GYMNURA MARMORATA; GYMNURA MICRURA; MICRURA; MOBULA; MOBULA MUNKIANA; MOBULA THURSTONI; MYLIOBATIS; MYLIOBATIS CALIFORNICA; MYLIOBATIS LONGIROSTRIS; MYLIOBATOIDEA; RHINOPTERA; RHINOPTERA STEINDACHNERI;

EID: 0141994030     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.10031     Document Type: Article

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