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However, it is unclear how modularity patterns shift in organisms that undergo metamorphosis which is a dynamic period of development where organisms undergo morphological changes in response to ecological or physiological cues. Here we examined the ontogenetic modularity of the skull in the Red Sea anemonefish,\n                    <jats:italic>Amphiprion bicinctus<\/jats:italic>\n                    , across four larval stages, preflexion, flexion, postflexion, and metamorphosis, using micro\u2010CT scanning and 3D geometric morphometrics to assess ontogenetic allometry and modularity. We hypothesized that skull modularity reorganizes during developmental transitions, and that oral jaw elements exhibit strong allometric growth and integration linked to functional demands during larval stages. The mandible, premaxilla, and maxilla exhibited strong size\u2013shape relationships while the lower pharyngeal jaw and parasphenoid were isometric. Morphological disparity peaked at preflexion, suggesting high developmental plasticity early in ontogeny. We tested modularity hypotheses based on developmental and functional interactions and found that the developmental hypotheses were favored across most stages. However, during flexion, a stage characterized by structural reorganization, support shifted to functional hypotheses and then reverted back to developmental hypothesis. This suggests that modular reorganization coincides with key functional transitions. Across all stages, the premaxilla and mandible remained highly integrated, underscoring the need for coordinated oral jaw development during early feeding. Our findings reveal how allometry, modularity, and integration interact during early skull development in a species undergoing rapid developmental and ecological transitions and highlight the functional importance of oral jaw coordination during early feeding.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/ede.70024","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,26]],"date-time":"2025-11-26T13:12:47Z","timestamp":1764162767000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Early Ontogenetic Allometry and Shifting Modularity in Skull Development of the Red Sea Anemonefish,\n                    <i>Amphiprion bicinctus<\/i>"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"27","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-8922-0586","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kaleigh M.","family":"Arnold","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Rice University Houston Texas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mayara P.","family":"Neves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Rice University Houston Texas USA"},{"name":"Department of Zoology Universidade Federal do Paran\u00e1 Curitiba Paran\u00e1 Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"HoWan","family":"Chan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Rice University Houston Texas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John E.","family":"Majoris","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology The Pennsylvania State University State College Pennsylvania USA"},{"name":"Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kory M.","family":"Evans","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Rice University Houston Texas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/evo.13867"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2148-10-216"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12862-019-1483-3"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1095-8649.2009.02308.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_6_1","unstructured":"Arnold K.2025.Larval Life Cycle of Red Sea Anemonefish. 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