-
maxillipeds third maxillipeds first pereiopods second pereiopods third pereiopods fourth pereiopods fifth pereiopods Maxillipeds are
appendages modified...
- the
subdivided carpus of the
second pereiopod and, mainly, by the lack of the
chelae (claws) on the
first pereiopod. This is a cold-water family, and their...
-
granules on the
mesogastric areas. The
ambulatory legs (
pereiopods 2–5) are very long, with
pereiopod 5
reaching well
beyond the
gastric groove of the carapace...
- to all
their pereiopods having been
converted into
grooming and
auxiliary feeding legs. In Decapoda,
there are ten
functioning pereiopods,
giving them...
- "foot") implies, ten of
these appendages are
considered legs. They are the
pereiopods,
found on the last five
thoracic segments. In many decapods, one pair...
- 10.2
millimetres (0.40 in);
major second pereiopod chela 8.8
millimetres (0.35 in);
minor second pereiopod chela 6
millimetres (0.24 in). This species...
- (below) with
which it
shares the
absence of
endopods on the
pereiopods, and a
first pereiopod that is
thinner than the second.
Using molecular phylogenetics...
- similar, A.
petralonense by the
ventral shape of the
ischium of the
seventh pereiopod of the male (strongly
concave in A.
pieperi vs
straight in A. petralonense)...
- head. They have two
pairs of antennae. The
uniramous thoracic legs or
pereiopods are
arranged in
seven pairs, the
first of
which is
modified into maxillipeds...
- maxillae,
maxillules and
three pairs of maxillipeds), and five
pairs of
pereiopods. The
cephalothorax is
covered with a
thick carapace,
which may extend...
