Musculoskeletal structure of the feeding system and implications of snout elongation in Hippocampus reidi and Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1799-1823

  Leysen, H ^a   Christiaens, J ^a   de Kegel, B ^a   Boone, M N ^b   van Hoorebeke, L ^b   Adriaens, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Department of Physics and Astronomy   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Functional morphology; Pipefishes; Seahorses; Suction feeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SKULL; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SKULL; SMEGMAMORPHA;

DORYRHAMPHUS DACTYLIOPHORUS; HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS REIDI; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHINAE;

EID: 79958252831     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02957.x     Document Type: Article

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