-
developed front legs
which form an
efficient filtering apparatus: the six
thoracopods (legs
attached to the thorax)
create a "feeding basket" used to collect...
-
characteristics (autapomorphy) such as its
naked filamentous gills and thin
thoracopods and by
molecular studies.
There have been many
theories of the location...
-
front legs,
providing for a very
efficient filtering apparatus: the six
thoracopods form a very
effective "feeding basket" used to
collect phytoplankton...
- The
arthropod leg is a form of
jointed appendage of arthropods,
usually used for walking. Many of the
terms used for
arthropod leg
segments (called podomeres)...
-
hoplocaridan morphology by
having more
unmodified thoracopods. It's
theorized that
these thoracopods evolved to
become more specialized,
making them potential...
- segments, each
bearing a pair of appendages,
called thoracopods or pereiopods. None of the
thoracopods are
modified into
maxillipeds for feeding. The posterior...
-
Charbonnier and Clément (2014),
based on the
gradual modification of the
first thoracopods into the
maxillipeds seen in the Decapoda. The
small quarry of Strud...
- a
predatorial life
thanks to
their specialized large second pair of
thoracopods (thoracic appendices),
raptorial legs,
which are used to
capture prey...
-
unipeltatan mantis shrimps, the
raptorial appendages (the
second pair of
thoracopods) have a
specialized joint ****ociated with a set of
muscles to form a...
- size to
seventeen times smaller. Prey is
captured using thoracopods I, then
retained by
thoracopods II-IV, and
crushed by its
cuticle by mandibles, finally...
