ple·o·pod

(plē′ə-pŏd′)

[pleon, crustacean abdomen (from Greek pleōn, plō, present active participle of plein, to swim; see pleu- in Indo-European roots) + -pod.]

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pleopod

(ˈpliːəˌpɒd)

(Zoology) another name for swimmeret

[C19: from Greek plein to swim + pous foot]

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swim•mer•et

(ˈswɪm əˌrɛt)

n.

(in certain crustaceans) any of the small paired paddlelike abdominal appendages used for swimming and carrying eggs.

[1830–40]

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Noun

pleopod - one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming

swimmeret

lobster - any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae

shrimp - small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

isopod - any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling

appendage, extremity, member - an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"

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The form of the male pleopod in this specimen was essentially the same as that seen in specimens in Zimmerman's collection from several other sites.

Northern Range Extensions into the Southern California Bight of Ten Decapod Crustacea Related to the 1991/92 and 1997/98 El Nino Events

Hemolymph (200 [micro]L) was withdrawn from the pleopod base of the first abdominal segment with a sterile 1 mL syringe (27 G*13 mm needle) preloaded with 400 [micro]L of a cooled anticoagulant solution (450 mM NaCl, 10 mM KCl, 10 mM Hepes, and 10 mM EDTA [Na.sub.2], pH 7.3) (Vargas-Albores et al., 1993).

Sexes were determined by the presence or absence of appendix masculina on the second pleopod for male and female, respectively (Mantelatto and Barbosa, 2005).

Condition Factor and Length-Weight Relationship of Monsoon River Prawn Macrobrachium malcolmsonii malcolmsonii (H. Milne-Edwards, 1844) (Palaemonidae) in Lower Indus River

The central projection diverges from the mesial process and the central projection length to total length of pleopod (mean = 44.86%, range = 34.4-56.3%) is intermediate between Orconectes cristavarius and O.

Orconectes (Procericambarus) theaphionensis (Decapoda: Cambaridae), the sinkhole crayfish, a new species of crayfish from southcentral Indiana

Carapace length (CL) from the anterior median notch to the posterior carapace margin, cheliped propodus length (Ch.L) and height (Ch.H), abdomen width (AW) of the fifth somite in female, and gonopod length (GL) (the first pair of pleopod) in male.

Relative Growth and Morphological Sexual Maturity of Ilyoplax frater (Brachyura: Ocypodoidea: Dotillidae) From Mangrove Area of Korangi Creek

triserialis was found only in the pleopod of the hosts with the highest prevalence values (42 %), intensity (2.9) and range (1-11).

Sanguijuelas (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) asociadas a Cryphiops caementarius (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) del Rio Limari, Chile

The length and height of the propodus of the largest cheliped, the length of the merus of the second walking leg, and the length of the primary pleopod of each male crab in Cockburn Sound and Shark Bay were measured to the nearest 0.1 mm.

Reproductive biology of the blue swimmer crab (Portunus pelagicus, Decapoda: Portunidae) in five bodies of water on the west coast of Australia

At the end of each trial, CL was measured again and the tip of a single pleopod was clipped from each individual for microscopic determination of molt stage (Lyle & MacDonald 1983).

Comparison of methods for determining nutritional condition in spiny lobsters

Crabs were sexed using abdomen and pleopod morphology.

The enigmatic life history of the symbiotic crab Tunicotheres moseri (crustacea, brachyura, Pinnotheridae): implications for its mating system and population structure

6G, 11I): Adult-like; pleopod developed; thorax completely covered by carapace; last five thoracic sternal plates with 2, 2, 0, 1, 1 spines.

Larval development of the kishi velvet shrimp, Metapenaeopsis dalei (Rathbun) (Decapoda: Penaeidae), reared in the laboratory

The steroids were injected in the abdominal muscle, in proximity to the fifth pleopod, two times a week for 4 weeks.

Effects of estradiol and progesterone on the reproduction of the freshwater crayfish Cherax albidus

To assess that those shrimp were free from both NHP-B and WSSV, 11 shrimp were chosen randomly and analyzed by PCR using DNA extracted from a pleopod, with the methodology previously described.

Antibacterial effect of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles in Pacific White shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) infected with necrotizing hepatopancreatitis bacterium (NHP-B)