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Fig. 5

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

Fig. 5

Development of selected organs from the Zoea I to the Megalopa based on micro-CT-analyses, dorsal views of 3D reconstructions. Crossed arrows indicate the orientation (a - anterior, l -lateral, p - posterior). Abbreviations: AC - anterior caeca, AL1, 2 - anterior lobes 1, 2, Br – median brain, CEC - circumoesophageal connective, CG - commissural ganglion, DA - descending artery, DEM - dorsal extensor muscles, DL - dorsal lobe, Eso - oesophagus, EyNP - eyestalk neuropil, FG - foregut, HG - hindgut, MG - midgut, PlG - pleonal ganglia, PoC - posterior caecum, PosL1-2 - posterior lobe 1-2, SEG - suboesophageal ganglia, TG - thoracic ganglia, VFM - ventral flexor muscles, VL - ventral lobe, VNC - ventral nerve cord

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