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Fig. 12

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

Fig. 12

Examples showing character 12, which is concerned with the absence or presence of a transverse sternal ridge from interosternite 6/7 to the anterior end of the median plate in axial skeletons seen from dorsal. Number pair separated by backslash indicates thoracomeres between which the respective interosternite is situated. A Carcinidae (Portunoidea), B, C Portunidae (Portunoidea)

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Frontiers in Zoology

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