-
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...
-
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...
- shallow-water invertebrates. The name
describes differentiation of its
pereiopods (thoracic appendages) as
possible adaptation to
commensal life-style....
- 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...
- (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...
- the
presence of strap-like
epipods on at
least the
first three pairs of
pereiopods, and a
blunt molar process. S. De
Grave & C. H. J. M.
Fransen (2011)....
-
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...
-
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...
