-
maxillipeds third maxillipeds first pereiopods second pereiopods third pereiopods fourth pereiopods fifth pereiopods Maxillipeds are
appendages modified...
- maxillae,
maxillules and
three pairs of maxillipeds), and five
pairs of
pereiopods. The
cephalothorax is
covered with a
thick carapace,
which may extend...
- 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...
- (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...
-
smaller second pereiopods. The
genital openings are
found on the body
segments containing the
fifth pereiopods and the
third pereiopods in
males and females...
- of carcinisation. As
decapods (meaning ten-legged),
anomurans have ten
pereiopods, but the last pair of
these is
reduced in size, and
often hidden inside...
-
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...
- in size and shape, and
placed ventrally. Typically,
crabs have
eight pereiopods that are
utilized for swimming: the second, third, fourth, and
fifth pairs...
- 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...
