- The
decapod (crustaceans, such as a crab, lobster,
shrimp or prawn) is made up of 20 body
segments grouped into two main body parts: the cephalothorax...
- have in
common the
functionalities of
their five
pairs of legs,
called pereopods: the
first and
anteriormost set are
chelipeds whose right side is generally...
-
Materials are held
between the
propodi and
dactyl of this
pereopod. In some species, the same
pereopod also has a
small subchelate digit at its end
which is...
-
always in
possession of some
either smooth or
modified spiniform setae.
Pereopod 2
carpopropodus multisegmented.
Uropodal endopod with
spiniform setae on...
- The
seven free
segments of the
thorax each bear a pair of
unbranched pereopods (limbs). In most
species these are used for
locomotion and are of much...
-
first pereopod (walking leg) does not have an
exopod (outer branch), the
carpopropodus of the
endopod (inner branch) of the 3rd to 8th
pereopods are not...
-
pairs of
thoracic appendages are
biramous (branching)
limbs known as
pereopods, and are used for swimming, as well as for
wafting water towards the maxillipeds...
-
function as mouthparts. Each
pereonite has a pair of
appendages known as
pereopods. The
first two
pairs are
modified into
raptorial appendages known as gnathopods...
-
spine on the pleotelson, and the
shape and
structure of the
uropods and
pereopods.
Giant isopods like
Bathynomus giganteus store substantial organic reserves...
- the antenna, is stout, tapering, and very long. The
ambulatory legs (
pereopods) end in
claws (chelae). The size of the
adults varies from a few centimetres...
