Terrestrialization in gastropods: lineages, ecological constraints and comparisons with other animals

GJ Vermeij, VM Watson-Zink - Biological Journal of the Linnean …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Evolutionary transitions from water to land are infrequent. The physical contrasts between
these media are amplified by biological differences in the patterns of selection. A new …

Toward a multifunctional light-driven biomimetic mudskipper-like robot for various application scenarios

Y **ang, B Li, B Li, L Bao, W Sheng, Y Ma… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The systematicness, flexibility, and complexity of natural biological organisms are a constant
stream of inspiration for researchers. Therefore, mimicking the natural intelligence system to …

Amblyopinae mitogenomes provide novel insights into the paraphyletic origin of their adaptation to mudflat habitats

Z Lü, Y Liu, S Zhao, J Fang, K Zhu, J Liu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The water-to-land transition is one of the most important events in evolutionary history of
vertebrates. However, the genetic basis underlying many of the adaptations during this …

Abiotic factors that prompt major ecological transitions: Are fish on land to escape an intolerable aquatic environment?

TJ Ord, EA Surovic, DFB Vaz, I Irisarri - Functional Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Colonisation of novel habitats are important events in evolution, but the factors that initially
prompt such ecological transitions are often unknown. The invasion of land by fish is an …

[HTML][HTML] Genome Sequencing Provides Novel Insights into Mudflat Burrowing Adaptations in Eel Goby Taenioides sp. (Teleost: Amblyopinae)

Y Liu, T Liu, Y Wang, J Liu, B Liu, L Gong, Z Lü… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amblyopinae is one of the lineage of bony fish that preserves amphibious traits living in tidal
mudflat habitats. In contrast to other active amphibious fish, Amblyopinae species adopt a …

Skeletal anatomy of the pectoral fin in mudskipper species from terrestrial and aquatic habitats

H Zhou, CM Donatelli, O Laneuville… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mudskippers are a group of amphibious fishes in the family Oxudercidae, whose species
inhabit a range of habitats from mostly aquatic to mostly terrestrial. Most of our …

Larval study revealed diversity and life‐history traits of crypto‐benthic eel gobies

K Maeda, N Hanahara, M Uehara… - Journal of Fish …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Because adult and juvenile eel gobies usually hide within the burrows of muddy substrates,
their diversity and life history have not yet been fully elucidated. We investigated larval …

New Insight Into Visual Adaptation in the Mudskipper Cornea: From Morphology to the Cornea-Related COL8A2 Gene

W Hu, Y Mu, F Lin, X Li, J Zhang - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Much research has focused on visual system evolution in bony fishes. The capacity of visual
systems to perceive and respond to external signals is integral to evolutionary success …

A chromosome-level genome assembly of the Walking goby (Scartelaos histophorus)

X Li, J Qi, JB Corush, J Chen, J Zhang - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The moniker “Mudskipper” typically refers to four genera of the family Oxudercidae, including
Scartelaos, Boleophthalmus, Periophthalmodon, and Periophthalmus (Patzner et al., 2011; …