From: Bipartite life cycle of coral reef fishes promotes increasing shape disparity of the head skeleton during ontogeny: an example from damselfishes (Pomacentridae)
Element
Larval shapes
Allometric patterns
Rates of development
Lengths of ontogenetic trajectories
Neurocranium
8
7
2
4
Susp. & opercle
3
Mandible
Premaxilla
1