Digestive Tract and the Muscular Pharynx/Esophagus in Wild Leptocephalus Larvae of European Eel (Anguilla anguilla)

Digestive Tract and the Muscular Pharynx/Esophagus in Wild Leptocephalus Larvae of European Eel (Anguilla anguilla)

Several aspects of the biology of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) larvae are still unknown; particularly, information about their functional development and feeding is sparse. In the present study, we histologically characterize the digestive system of wild caught specimens of European eel leptocep...

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Main Authors: Helene Rønquist Knutsen, Sune Riis Sørensen, Peter Munk, Tora Bardal, Elin Kjørsvik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
European eel
histology
morphology
Sargasso Sea
digestive system
food ingestion
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.545217/full

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