pereiopod

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pereiopod

(pəˈraɪəˌpɒd)
n
(Zoology) zoology a leg joined to the pereion of a crustacean
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The female reproductive system consists of paired ovaries (dorsum-lateral to the digestive system, and connected in the middle, as an "H" shape) and oviducts, which are connected to gonopores located on the ventral surface of the exopodites of the second pereiopods.
Oogenesis of Lithodes santolla: histological and histochemical characterization
Discrimination of the different stimuli is mediated by peripheral chemoreceptors grouped within a varied array of cuticular sensory organs called sensilla, which are located mainly on the cephalothoracic appendages including antennae, maxillipeds (mouthparts), antennules, and pereiopods (walking legs) (Schmidt and Mellon, 2011; Thiel and Breithaupt, 2011).
Antennular morphology and contribution of aesthetascs in the detection of food-related Compounds in the shrimp palaemon adspersus Rathke, 1837 (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)
Armases species have a flattened and slightly broader than long carapace, long propodi, and short dactyli in the legs for climbing the tree stem (VANNINI et al., 1997), mobile fingers often extended into the base with granules scattered on the dorsal surface, a second pair of pereiopods without pubescence on the dorsal surface of the propodus (ABELE, 1992).
Presencia de armases angustum (Smith, 1870) (decapoda, sesarmidae) en estan ques de Guzmania sp. (Bromeliaceae) en el bosque humedo tro pical del choco (Colombia)
Sex of lobsters was determined by the location of the gonopores on the base of the 3rd or 5th pair of pereiopods in males and females, respectively (Abele, 1982; Hardwick and Cline, 1990).
Slipper lobsters (Scyllaridae) off the southeastern coast of Brazil: relative growth, population structure, and reproductive biology
In males, a larger carapace can mean a larger size, or even a more robust basis for the insertion of muscles of pereiopods and chelipeds [15], essential in agonistic encounters in the competition for territory or females [15, 51-53].
Sexual shape dimorphism of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (Decapoda, Ucididae) accessed through geometric morphometric
The target tissue located at the base of the fifth pereiopods (the approximate location of the AG in male F.
Screening of genes specifically expressed in males of Fenneropenaeus chinensis and their potential as sex markers
After this acclimation period to laboratory conditions, females were weighed and a sample of hemolymph (100 [micro]L) was withdrawn from the base of the fifth pair of pereiopods, by means a 1mL syringe, provided with a 25G needle.
Vitellogenin levels in hemolymph, ovary and hepatopancreas of the freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (decapoda: parastacidae) during the reproductive cycle
Differences in the morphology and structure of mouthparts and pereiopods of crayfish are useful in classifying them for systematic purposes.
A scanning electron microscopic study on the appendage morphology of Astacus leptodactylus (Eschscholtz, 1823) and Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacoidea)/ Estudio en microscopio electronico de barrido sobre el apendice morfologico del Astacus leptodactylus (Eschscholtz, 1823) y Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacoidea)
First and second Pereiopods: Endopod 5-segmented, completely developed, distal segment ending in a strong spine, dorsal and ventral sub-exopodal spines absent, coxal spine present but not elongated (disposition of setae as illustrated); exopod with 5 pairs of long and plumose setae.
The early phyllosoma stages of spiny lobster Panulirus echinatus Smith, 1869 (Decapoda: Palinuridae) reared in the laboratory/Os primeiros estagios de filosoma da lagosta Panulirus echinatus (Decapoda: Palinuridae) cultivados em laboratorio
Endobenthic crabs like those mentioned typically have pereiopods with distal podomeres with a sharp edge, mechanically appropriated for an infaunal mode of life.
Formas compuestas de Asterosoma ludwigae Schlirf, 2000 en el Jurasico de la Cuenca Lusitanica (Portugal): estrategias condicionales en el comportamiento de Crustacea
2A, C), the similar morphology of pereiopods 3-5 but the distinctly different dactylus of pereiopod 2, the well developed suture on both uropods, and other characters of the genus (see Goy and Provenzano 1979; Alvarez et al.
Rediscovery of the Laomediid shrimp Naushonia macginitiei (Glassell, 1938) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Laomediidae) from off Southern California
Ischia of third pereiopods of males with hooks: hooks over reaching basioischial articulation in form I males only.
Orconectes (Procericambarus) theaphionensis (Decapoda: Cambaridae), the sinkhole crayfish, a new species of crayfish from southcentral Indiana
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