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Nymphonidae is the only
family where both the
chelifores and the
palps are functional. In the
others the
chelifores or palps, or both, are
reduced or absent...
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Palaeoisopus is a
large sea spider, with a body
length (excluding
proboscis and
chelifores) of at
least 12.5 cm and leg
spans of
about 32 cm,
comparable to those...
- in non-arachnid
Chelicerata such as the
Xiphosura and Eurypterida. The
chelifores of the
Pycnogonida may be
homologous to chelicerae. Engel,
Roberta (May...
- rough-surfaced
exoskeleton and the
significant reduction of
cephalic appendages.
Chelifores (feeding pincers) and
palps (sensory limbs) as seen in most
other sea...
- do
parasitic species). In sea spiders, the
chelicerae (also
known as
chelifores) are
short and
chelate and are
positioned on
either side of the base of...
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featuring more legs but also by
retaining chelifores as adults.
Adults in the
genus Colessendeis lack
chelifores. Furthermore, both
Dodecolopoda and Decolopoda...
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reveal that it is
retained and
corresponds to a pair of
chelicerae or
chelifores,
small appendages that
often form pincers.
Somite 2 has a pair of pedipalps...
- was
divided by 3 tiny segments. All
appendages are well developed. The
chelifores featured a robust, upward-facing pincer,
connected to the
front by a 2-segmented...
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featuring more legs but also by
retaining chelifores as adults.
Adults in the
genus Colessendeis lack
chelifores. Furthermore, both
Decolopoda and Dodecolopoda...
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recently published a morphologically-based
paper that
claimed the
enigmatic chelifores of
extant pycnogonids (sea spiders) are
innervated from the protocerebrum...
