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- who have folding fan-like fin made of spreading bony spines called lepidotrichia or "rays" covered by thin stretches of skin. In the other bony fish...
- joints, which allow for a much greater range of motion. Axial skeleton Lepidotrichia, bony spines in ray-finned fish that are functional analogues of appendicular...
- webbings of skin supported by radially extended thin bony spines called lepidotrichia, as opposed to the bulkier, fleshy lobed fins of the sister class Sarcopterygii...
- tetrapods, surrounded by a web of simple bony fin rays (lepidotrichia), like fish. The lepidotrichia are thickest and most extensive on the front edge and...
- main components. The first component is the dermal fin rays known as lepidotrichia, and the endoskeletal base with ****ociated muscles for movement is the...
- bony fishes. The ray-finned fishes are so called because they possess lepidotrichia or "fin rays", their fins being webs of skin supported by bony or horny...
- there are currently only 8 species. Bony fish have fin spines called lepidotrichia or "rays" (due to how the spines spread open). They typically have swim...
- backwards. The tail of Ichthyostega retained a low fin supported by bony lepidotrichia (fin rays). The tail fin was not as deep as in Acanthostega, and would...
- including much of the skull, jaws, gill covers, shoulder girdle, fin rays (lepidotrichia), and the s**** of turtles and armadillos. In contrast to endochondral...
- interpreted as having a fin terminating at a single large plate surrounded by lepidotrichia (fin rays). However, a 2008 study by Boisvert et al. determined that...