- appendages. An
appendage which is
modified to ****ist in
feeding is
known as a
maxilliped or gnathopod.[citation needed] In
annelids lateral protrusions from the...
-
appendage is
modified to
venom claws. The
embryonic cuticle on
second maxilliped has an egg tooth. The trochanter–prefemur
joint is fixed. A
spiral ridge...
- bear legs,
which may be
specialised as
pereiopods (walking legs) and
maxillipeds (feeding legs).
Malacostraca and
Remipedia (and the hexapods) have abdominal...
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maxillipeds second maxillipeds third maxillipeds first pereiopods second pereiopods third pereiopods fourth pereiopods fifth pereiopods Maxillipeds are...
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Strike mechanics and
spearing movement of the 2nd
maxilliped (raptorial claw,
ballistic claw) of
mantis shrimp...
- It
differs from
other stenopodideans by the
enlargement of its
third maxilliped. The
holotype of M.
bahamaensis has a
total length (TL) of 14.4 millimetres...
- mouthparts,
possess a pair of "poison claws", or forci****s. These, like the
maxillipeds of crustaceans, are
modified legs and not true mouthparts. The forci****s...
- form of the
third maxilliped; it has a
fissure which is a
narrow slit, but
which gapes open in
other species. The
third maxilliped is also larger, covering...
-
referencing their evolution from
maxillipeds, a term
which they are also
sometimes known by in the
context of
centipedes (
maxillipeds, maxillipedes).
Other names...
- of pleopods,
while the
thoracic appendages are
either walking legs or
maxillipeds. The head
segments bear
various mouthparts and two
pairs of antennae...