Cranial musculature in the larva of the caecilian, Ichthyophis kohtaoensis (Lissamphibia: Gymnophiona)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-88

  Kleinteich, Thomas ^a,b   Haas, Alexander ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Cranial musculature; Evolution; Gymnophiona; Head morphology; Ichthyophis kohtaoensis; Larvae; Muscle homology

Indexed keywords

AGING; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; JAW; LARVA; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; MOUTH; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; LARVA; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; MOUTH; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; ICHTHYOPHIS KOHTAOENSIS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33846432702     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10503     Document Type: Article

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