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Fig. 29

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

Fig. 29

Examples showing character states concerned with the configuration of the ventral basi-ischium muscle of the 5th pereiopod (character 39), as well as the origin of its dorsal (character 40) and ventral (character 41) branch (if present) in axial skeletons seen from anterio-dorsal. A Calappidae (Calappoidea), B Dorippidae (Dorippoidea); C-E Carcinidae (Portunoidea), F Portunidae (Portunoidea). DorsalBas P5 5th pereiopod dorsal basi-ischium muscle, IntSt 7/8 interosternite between thoracomeres 7 and 8, MP median plate

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