Visceral anatomy of ocean sunfish (Mola mola (L., 1758), Molidae, Tetraodontiformes) and angler (Lophius piscatorius (L., 1758), Lophiidae, Lophiiformes) investigated by non-invasive imaging techniques
| Autor: | Guillaume Lecointre, Agnès Dettai, Claude Guintard, Thierry Boisgard, Yvan Richaudeau, S. Madec, Eric Betti, Cédric Tavernier, Christian Raphaël, Marion Fusellier, Bruno Chanet |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Noninvasive imaging
Tetraodontiformes General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Mola medicine Animals Phylogeny Molidae General Immunology and Microbiology medicine.diagnostic_test biology Fishes Ocean sunfish Brain Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine Anatomy biology.organism_classification Magnetic Resonance Imaging Lophius Viscera Spinal Cord Gross anatomy General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Comptes rendus biologies. 335(12) |
| ISSN: | 1768-3238 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this work is to examine the gross visceral anatomy of ocean sunfish and angler using non-invasive imaging techniques: computed tomography imaging (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Similarities and differences in the internal organisation of these two species are verified. Both species lack a swimbladder and present a significant asymmetry in the hepatic lobes, an elongated bile duct terminating close to the stomach, a compact thyroid embedded in a blood lacuna, and very reduced brain and spinal cord. These observations are important in regard to the close relationships between Tetraodontiformes and Lophiiformes, established by several molecular works, but not yet confirmed by morpho-anatomical data. However the occurrence of these features has to be examined in other taxa before phylogenetic hypotheses are proposed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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