maxillule

one of the first MAXILLAE (2) of a crustacean.

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ae: antennule; aa: antenna; ma: maxilla; md: maxilliped; me: maxillule; os: oral sucker; ro: rostrum; (D) Adult male, dorsal view.

Planktonic Phases in Symbiotic Copepods: a Review

Antenna, antennula, maxilla, maxillule, maxilliped, pereon, pleon, pereopods, pleopods, pleotelson and uropods were mounted between a depressed slide and a coverslip for observation and measurement in a Leica EZ4HD stereomicroscope (Thatcher, Oliveira, & Garcia, 2009).

Braga nasuta (Cymothoidae): an ectoparasite of the Giant Amazonian fish Arapaima gigas (Osteoglossidae) fingerlings cultured in the Amazon region in Northern Brazil/Braga nasuta (Cymothoidae): um ectoparasito de alevinos do peixe gigante da Amazonia Arapaima gigas (Osteoglossidae), cultivado na regiao Amazonica, no Norte do Brasil

The antennule, antenna, maxillule, mandible, maxilla, maxilliped, and first leg were at the cephalothorax.

The life cycle of the parasitic crustacean, Lernanthropus latis yamaguti, 1954 (Copepoda: Lernanthropidae), on marine-cultured fish, Lates calcarifer, from Setiu Wetland, Terengganu

Maxillule swollen at base, tipped with stout claws (Figure 2c).

Expanded description of Dolops bidentata (Bouvier, 1899) (Branchiura: Argulidae) based on specimens collected on Pygocentrus nattereri Kner, 1858 (Characiformes) from Pocone Wetland, MT, Brazil/Descricao expandida de Dolops bidentata (Bouvier, 1899) (Branchiura: Argulidae) baseada em especimes parasitos de Pygocentrus nattereri Kner, 1858 (Characiformes) do Pantanal de Pocone, MT, Brasil

The aim of the present study is to compare the differences and similarities in the morphology of appendages (rostrum, carapace, first pereiopod, second pereiopod, fourth pereiopod) and mouthparts (third maxilliped, second maxilliped, first maxilliped, mandible, maxillule and maxilla) of A.

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)

Mandible and maxillule typical of family (Komai & Segonzac 2003, Komai & Segonzac 2005).

Taxonomic review of the hydrothermal vent shrimp genera Rimicaris Williams & Rona and Chorocaris Martin & Hessler (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae)

Maxillule (Fig 4D) General shape unchanged except addition of setae on endites.

Larval development of the sidestriped shrimp (Pandalopsis dispar Rathbun) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Pandalidae) reared in the laboratory

(A) Mandible; (B) Maxillule; (C) Maxilla; (D) Maxilliped.

First Record of the Family Peltidiidae (Copepoda; Harpacticoida) from the Gulf of Mexico, with the Description of a New Species of Peltidium

hospitalis Fraser, 1920 by having in the female a genital complex that is at least half the length of the cephalothoracic shield (including frontal plates) and with small, rounded posterolateral lobes, a 1-segmented abdomen that is less than one-quarter the length of the genital complex, a maxillule with two large tines on the dentiform process, a maxilliped without a myxal process, a pair of non-bifid tines on the sternal furca, the spine on the first exopodal segment of leg 3 inserted distally on the basal swelling, a 3-segmented leg 4 exopod, and the inner lobe of leg 5 not protruding beyond the posterior margin of the genital complex.

A new species of Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda; Caligidae) parasitic on three Kelpfish species (Clinidae) from the Southern California coast