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Fig. 4

From: An atlas of larval organogenesis in the European shore crab Carcinus maenas L. (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae)

Fig. 4

Ontogeny of selected organs based on micro-CT analyses, lateral views of 3D reconstructions. Crossed arrows indicate the orientation (a - anterior, d - dorsal, p - posterior, v - ventral). Abbreviations: AC - anterior caeca, AL1-2 - anterior lobe 1-2, Br – median brain, CEC - circumoesophageal connective, CG - commissural ganglion, CS - cardiac stomach, DEM - dorsal extensor muscles, DL - dorsal lobe, Eso - oesophagus, EyNP - eyestalk neuropil, FG - foregut, HG - hindgut, MG - midgut, PlG - pleonal ganglia, PLM – pleopod muscles, PoC - posterior caecum, PosL1-2 - posterior lobe 1-2, PS - pyloric stomach, SEG - suboesophageal ganglia, TG - thoracic ganglia, VFM - ventral flexor muscles, VL - ventral lobe, VNC - ventral nerve cord

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