Ecological drivers of carnivoran body shape evolution

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Law
Keyword(s):  
Body Shape ◽  
Shape Evolution

scholarly journals Marine Habitat Transitions and Body-Shape Evolution in Lizardfishes and Their Allies (Aulopiformes)

Copeia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex J. Maile ◽  
Zachary A. May ◽  
Emily S. DeArmon ◽  
Rene P. Martin ◽  
Matthew P. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Body Shape ◽  
Shape Evolution ◽  
Marine Habitat

Body Shape Evolution in Sunfishes: Divergent Paths to Accelerated Rates of Speciation in the Centrarchidae

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Smith ◽  
Nathan Nelson-Maney ◽  
Kevin J. Parsons ◽  
W. James Cooper ◽  
R. Craig Albertson
Keyword(s):  
Body Shape ◽  
Shape Evolution

scholarly journals Body shape diversification along the benthic–pelagic axis in marine fishes

2020 ◽  
Vol 287 (1931) ◽  
pp. 20201053
Author(s):  
S. T. Friedman ◽  
S. A. Price ◽  
K. A. Corn ◽  
O. Larouche ◽  
C. M. Martinez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Shape ◽  
Marine Fishes ◽  
Shape Evolution ◽  
Teleost Fishes ◽  
Marine Teleost ◽  
Linear Measurements ◽  
Body Shapes ◽  
Average Body ◽  
High Diversity ◽  
Phenotypic Responses

Colonization of novel habitats can result in marked phenotypic responses to the new environment that include changes in body shape and opportunities for further morphological diversification. Fishes have repeatedly transitioned along the benthic–pelagic axis, with varying degrees of association with the substrate. Previous work focusing on individual lineages shows that these transitions are accompanied by highly predictable changes in body form. Here, we generalize expectations drawn from this literature to study the effects of habitat on body shape diversification across 3344 marine teleost fishes. We compare rates and patterns of evolution in eight linear measurements of body shape among fishes that live in pelagic, demersal and benthic habitats. While average body shape differs between habitats, these differences are subtle compared with the high diversity of shapes found within each habitat. Benthic living increases the rate of body shape evolution and has led to numerous lineages evolving extreme body shapes, including both exceptionally wide bodies and highly elongate, eel-like forms. By contrast, we find that benthic living is associated with the slowest diversification of structures associated with feeding. Though we find that habitat can serve as an impetus for predictable trait changes, we also highlight the diversity of responses in marine teleosts to opportunities presented by major habitats.

scholarly journals Mode of miniaturisation influences body shape evolution in New World anchovies (Engraulidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 194-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devin D. Bloom ◽  
Matthew Kolmann ◽  
Kimberly Foster ◽  
Helen Watrous
Keyword(s):  
Body Shape ◽  
New World ◽  
Shape Evolution

scholarly journals Body shape evolution among ploidy levels of theSqualius alburnoideshybrid complex (Teleostei, Cyprinidae)

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 718-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. CUNHA ◽  
M. BASTIR ◽  
M. M. COELHO ◽  
I. DOADRIO
Keyword(s):  
Body Shape ◽  
Shape Evolution ◽  
Ploidy Levels

scholarly journals Ecological contributions to body shape evolution in salamanders of the genus Eurycea (Plethodontidae)

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. e0216754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary A. Edgington ◽  
Douglas R. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Body Shape ◽  
Shape Evolution
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