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Fig. 28

From: New insights into the evolution of portunoid swimming crabs (Portunoidea, Heterotremata, Brachyura) and the brachyuran axial skeleton

Fig. 28

Examples showing character states concerned with the origin of the ventral basi-ischium muscle of the 5th pereiopod (character 38) in axial skeletons seen from anterio-dorsal. A Dromiidae (Podotremata), B, C Geryonidae, D Portunidae (Portunoidea). IntSt 7/8 interosternite between thoracomeres 7 and 8, MP median plate, VentrBas P5 5th pereiopod ventral basi-ischium muscle

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Frontiers in Zoology

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