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maxillipeds third maxillipeds first pereiopods second pereiopods third pereiopods fourth pereiopods fifth pereiopods Maxillipeds are
appendages modified...
- maxillae,
maxillules and
three pairs of maxillipeds), and five
pairs of
pereiopods. The
cephalothorax is
covered with a
thick carapace,
which may extend...
- "foot") implies, ten of
these appendages are
considered legs. They are the
pereiopods,
found on the last five
thoracic segments. In many decapods, one pair...
-
smaller second pereiopods. The
genital openings are
found on the body
segments containing the
fifth pereiopods and the
third pereiopods in
males and females...
- She uses her
pleopods and
anterior pereiopods to
remove offspring from the marsupium,
while her
posterior pereiopods maintain stability and
grasp onto...
- in size and shape, and
placed ventrally. Typically,
crabs have
eight pereiopods that are
utilized for swimming: the second, third, fourth, and
fifth pairs...
-
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...
- (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...
- 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...
-
pairs of appendages, the
pereiopods.
These form the ten
decapod legs. In
Crangon crangon, the
first two
pairs of
pereiopods have
claws or chela. The chela...
