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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...
- shallow-water invertebrates. The name
describes differentiation of its
pereiopods (thoracic appendages) as
possible adaptation to
commensal life-style....
- They are
predators of tiny
planktonic crustaceans for
which their third pereiopod is
adapted to
capture by
having thick,
curved spines covering the limb...
- (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...
- to all
their pereiopods having been
converted into
grooming and
auxiliary feeding legs. In Decapoda,
there are ten
functioning pereiopods,
giving them...
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distribution and
shredding leaf litter, mani****ting the
environment using their pereiopods and
setaceous chelae. The
species is also an
important component of the...
-
shrimps characterised by the
extreme enlargement of the
second pair of
pereiopods, at
least in the male. It
contains these species:
Macrobrachium acanthochirus...
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three pairs of
pereiopods (walking legs), the
first of
which is much
larger than the
remaining two pairs. The last two
pairs of
pereiopods are
simple (without...
-
elongated mandibles and
anteriors of the
pereiopods but
lacking pereiopods 4 and 5 and any gills. The
pereiopods either lack
chelae or they are substantially...
