Functional morphology of digestion in the stomachless, piscivorous needlefishes Tylosurus gavialoides and Strongylura leiura ferox (Teleostei: Beloniformes)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1155-1165

  Manjakasy, Jennifer M ^a   Day, Ryan D ^a   Kemp, Anne ^a   Tibbetts, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carnivory; Digestion; Gut morphology; Pharyngeal jaw apparatus; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BELONIFORMES; DIGESTION; ESOPHAGUS; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BELONIFORMES; DIGESTION; ESOPHAGUS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

BELONIDAE; BELONIFORMES; STRONGYLURA LEIURA FEROX; TELEOSTEI; TYLOSURUS GAVIALOIDES;

EID: 70349595638     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10745     Document Type: Article

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