Pattern of sucker development in cuttlefishes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Morphological novelties have been acquired through evolutionary processes and related to the adaptation of new life-history strategies with new functions of the bodyparts. Cephalopod molluscs such as octopuses, squids and cuttlefishes possess unique morphological characteristics. Among those novel morphologies, in particular, suckers arranged along the oral side of each arm possess multiple functions, such as capturing prey and locomotion, so that the sucker morphology is diversified among species, depending on their ecological niche. However, the detailed developmental process of sucker formation has remained unclear, although it is known that new suckers are formed or added during both embryonic and postembryonic development. In the present study, therefore, focusing o

SUBMITTER: Kimbara R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7444262 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature