Visualization of the acoustic organ of Pygoscelis papua (Spheniscidae, Aves) via diceCT at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

• Main Authors: Frahnert, Klara Henrike, Bendel, Eva-Maria, Westphal, Natascha, Frahnert, Sylke
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science 2020
• Subjects: Pygoscelis papua; Spheniscidae; ear; morphology; segmentation; Labyrinth; Gentoo penguin
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7479/a4t6-sn92; https://doi.naturkundemuseum.berlin/data/10.7479/a4t6-sn92

The video shows the digital reconstruction of ear structures of an adult specimen of the Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua). The segmentation was performed based on the CT scans of a head stored in alcohol at the ornithological collection at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (inventory number ZMB 2017...