<b>Ultrastructural aspects of the tongue in Magellanic Penguins <i>Spheniscus magellanicus</i> (Forster, 1781)

The tongue of birds presents diversified morphologic characteristics, related directly their feeding habits and may be adapted to food capture. Penguins of the Spheniscidae family are pelagic birds that are totally adapted to the marine environment.  The objective of this study was to describe the m...

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Main Authors: Juliana Plácido Guimarães, Renata de Britto Mari, Alfredo Le Bas, Maria Angélica Miglino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2014-10-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences
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Online Access:http://186.233.154.254/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/23168