Cranial architecture of tube-snouted gasterosteiformes (Syngnathus rostellatus and Hippocampus capensis)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-270

  Leysen, Heleen ^a   Jouk, Philippe ^b   Brunain, Marleen ^a   Christiaens, Joachim ^a   Adriaens, Dominique ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Royal Zool Society of Antwerp   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cranial morphology; Snout elongation; Suction feeding; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; SKULL; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; SKULL; SMEGMAMORPHA;

CHAETODONTIDAE; GASTEROSTEIFORMES; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS CAPENSIS; PISCES; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHINAE; SYNGNATHUS ROSTELLATUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 76449111610     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10795     Document Type: Article

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