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maxillipeds third maxillipeds first pereiopods second pereiopods third pereiopods fourth pereiopods fifth pereiopods Maxillipeds are
appendages modified...
- to all
their pereiopods having been
converted into
grooming and
auxiliary feeding legs. In Decapoda,
there are ten
functioning pereiopods,
giving them...
- maxillae,
maxillules and
three pairs of maxillipeds), and five
pairs of
pereiopods. The
cephalothorax is
covered with a
thick carapace,
which may extend...
- (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...
-
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...
- 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...
- "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...
-
appendages that are
attached to the
coxae (first segment) of the
first pereiopods.
Females lay
their eggs
directly into the
brood chamber, and the young...
-
closely resemble the
adult form, but for the
absence of the last pair of
pereiopods. In some isopods,
specifically the
family Gnathiidae, the
manca stage...
