Moringua edwardsi (Moringuidae: Anguilliformes): Cranial specialization for head-first burrowing?

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 356-368

  De Schepper, N ^a,b   Adriaens, D ^a   De Kegel, B ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Anguilliformes; Burrowing; Convergent evolution; Cranial morphology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EEL; EVOLUTION; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; MASTICATION; PREDATION; SKULL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BITE FORCE; EELS; EVOLUTION; HEAD; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SKULL;

AMPHIBIA; ANGUILLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; MORINGUA EDWARDSI; MORINGUIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 30744457580     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10383     Document Type: Article

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