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. 2018 Oct 17;8:15298. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33720-4

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Histological observation of Crassostrea gigas pediveliger larvae stained with hematoxylin and eosin (AG) and multichrome technic (Alcian Blue, Periodic Acid–Schiff’s, Haematoxylin, Picric Acid) (H). A: Transverse, B: Frontal, C and H: Sagittal sections of the whole larvae. (DG) show serial transverse sections of a foot. aam: anterior adductor muscle, bd: byssus duct, f: foot, fg: foot gland, fm: foot muscle, gr: gill rudiment, m: mantle, mo: mouth, o- oesophagus, p: periostracum, pam: posterior adductor muscle, pg: pedal ganglia, v: velum, vc: visceral cavity, arrow: secreting cells from the foot gland.