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Table 3 Comparison of adductor/abductor muscles in the coelacanth (Latimeria), Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus) and mudpuppy (Necturus)

From: Comparative pelvic development of the axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) and the Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri): conservation and innovation across the fish-tetrapod transition

Latimeria chalumnae

Neoceratodus forsteri

Necturus maculosus

 

Radial flexors (Adductor and abductor)

O: fin elements I: fin elements

Shank flexors and shank extensors (adductor and abductor respectively)

O: Distal end of the femur

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I: proximal and distal end of the tibia and fibula.

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