Definition of Maxilliped. Meaning of Maxilliped. Synonyms of Maxilliped

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Definition of Maxilliped

Maxilliped
Maxilliped Max*il"li*ped, n. [Maxilla + L. pes, pedis, foot.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxill[ae]. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw.

Meaning of Maxilliped from wikipedia

- 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...
- maxillipeds second maxillipeds third maxillipeds first pereiopods second pereiopods third pereiopods fourth pereiopods fifth pereiopods Maxillipeds are...
- 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...