Hypothetical Silhouettes of Male and Female <i>S. mjosi</i> (IMAGE)

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Hypothetical Silhouettes of Male and Female <i>S. mjosi</i>

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The wide morph exhibits more overlap between adjacent plates than does the tall morph, leading to a more continuous display surface. Sexual dimorphism in the size and shape and plates might have also occurred with other sexual differences such as sexual dichromatism.

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Saitta et al.

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