- eyes is
called the rostrum.
first pleopods second pleopods third pleopods fourth pleopods fifth pleopods uropods Pleopods (also
called swimmerets) are primarily...
-
second pair of
pleopods, and
sometimes also the first, are
modified for use in
transferring sperm. The
endopods (inner
branches of the
pleopods) are modified...
- rami
which is
present in many groups. The
abdomen in
malacostracans bears pleopods, and ends in a telson,
which bears the ****, and is
often flanked by uropods...
- ****top****s (sperm packets) into the female's
seminal receptacle using his
first pleopods; the
female may
store the
sperm for up to 15 months. The
female releases...
- the
vestige of the
fourth pereiopod in the
larvae of Lucifer, and some
pleopods in
certain Anomura and crabs. In a more
extreme example, the Sacculina...
-
allow the body to roll up inwards. To roll up, they have
muscles called pleopods that
contract the
abdominal tergites inwards. The diet of pill bugs is...
- the
fertilised eggs are
incubated by the female, and
remain stuck to the
pleopods (swimming legs)
until the zoea
larvae are
ready to hatch. It is this characteristic...
- The
white patches on the
first two
pairs of
pleopods on this
specimen of
Porcellio laevis identify them as
pleopodal lungs....
- and long antennae.
Unlike crabs and lobsters,
shrimp have well-developed
pleopods (swimmerets) and
slender walking legs; they are more
adapted for swimming...
-
laterally and fold
inward beneath the rear part of
their bodies,
covering the
pleopods. Some
species are omnivorous, and
serve as
effective scavengers in the...
