Figure 9 in The lungs of extinct and extant coelacanths: a morphological and histological review

Figure 9. – Protopterus dolloi. Drawing of the dorsal view of a reconstitution made from a series of frontal and transversal sections of the pharyngeal area of a larva. The pharynx (Ph) is massive and the lung (Lu) is coated by the mesentery (Me). BP: branchial pouchs, Br: brain, NC: nephrotic cavity, Oe: oesophagus, Op: opercular, Pn: pronephros, Vcl: left posterior vena cardinalis, Vcr: right posterior vena cardinalis, VE: vitellin endoblast. (Modified from Brien, 1964: fig. 7, p. 393).