Morphofunctional analysis of the feeding apparatus in four Pomacentridae species: Dascyllus aruanus, Chromis retrofasciata, Chrysiptera biocellata and C. unimaculata

Pomacentrids display a significant biodiversity through a variety of sympatric species with various feeding habits. The use of ecomorphological methods, based on the study of skeletal and muscular structures of the feeding apparatus could result in a better understanding of the adaptive radiation of...

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Published inThe Italian journal of zoology Vol. 65; no. sup1; pp. 421 - 424
Main Authors Gluckmann, Isabelle, Vandewalle, Pierre
Format Journal Article Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.1998
Taylor & Francis
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Aquatic sciences & oceanology
Chromis retrofasciata
Chrysiptera biocellata
Chrysiptera unimaculata
Dascyllus aruanus
Feeding apparatus
Fish
Life sciences
Marine
Osteology
Pisces
Pomacentridae
Sciences aquatiques & océanologie
Sciences du vivant
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Summary:Pomacentrids display a significant biodiversity through a variety of sympatric species with various feeding habits. The use of ecomorphological methods, based on the study of skeletal and muscular structures of the feeding apparatus could result in a better understanding of the adaptive radiation of this family. Significant differences in teeth and in the shape and thickened areas of the different bones were observed. The strongest structures occur in species which had teeth characteristic of suction feeding, and the weakest structures in species with biting teeth.
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ISSN:1125-0003
1748-5851
DOI:10.1080/11250009809386858