Skull shapes of the Lissodelphininae: radiation, adaptation and asymmetry

• Published in: Journal of Morphology
• Main Authors: Galatius, Anders, Goodall, R. Natalie P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Fossa; Pacific; Southern Ocean; Lagenorhynchus albirostris
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20535; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjmor.20535; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jmor.20535

Abstract Within Delphinidae, the sub‐family Lissodelphininae consists of 8 Southern Ocean species and 2 North Pacific species. Lissodelphininae is a result of recent phylogenetic revisions based on molecular methods. Thus, morphological radiation within the taxon has not been investigated previously...