- eyes is
called the rostrum.
first pleopods second pleopods third pleopods fourth pleopods fifth pleopods uropods Pleopods (also
called swimmerets) are primarily...
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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...
- The
white patches on the
first two
pairs of
pleopods on this
specimen of
Porcellio laevis identify them as
pleopodal lungs....
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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...
- and long antennae.
Unlike crabs and lobsters,
shrimp have well
developed pleopods (swimmerets) and
slender walking legs; they are more
adapted for swimming...
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Beating pleopods of a
swimming Antarctic krill...
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plethysmometry ple- sail, swim Gr**** πλεῖν (pleîn), πλεῦσις (pleûsis), πλόος pleon,
pleopod,
pleuston ple-, plet- fill
Latin plere complement, complete, deplete, implement...
- 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...
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There are five more
pairs of
appendages on the abdomen. They are
called pleopods.
There is one
final pair
called uropods, which, with the telson, form the...
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rounded abdomen. This is
because female crabs brood fertilised eggs on
their pleopods.
Crabs attract a mate
through chemical (pheromones), visual, acoustic,...
