maxilliped การใช้
- In males, the structure of the maxilliped is unique.
- The two endites of the first maxilliped are separated by a deep notch.
- In males the third maxilliped and the first four pereiopods almost always have exopods ( outer branches ).
- Folds and projections on the anal segment of the female apparently complement the structure of the male maxilliped.
- The species differs from other " Johngarthia " species by the form of the third maxilliped.
- There are exopods ( outer branches ) on the third maxilliped and strongly reduced or absent on the third pereopods.
- In some, the first maxilliped's endopod is lobed, forming the characteristic "'portunid lobe " '.
- A popular feature of each conference is the " Maxilliped Lecture " given by the outgoing president, who then passes on the pectoral pendant, a metal maxilliped on a chain, to the incoming president.
- A popular feature of each conference is the " Maxilliped Lecture " given by the outgoing president, who then passes on the pectoral pendant, a metal maxilliped on a chain, to the incoming president.
- Their external morphology is differentiated the one of other cumaceans by a combination of traits that independenlty are not unique to the family : telson fused to the last abdominal segment ( last pleonite ), dorsal part of the mandible has a boat shape ( naviculoid ), exopods on the third maxilliped and first peraeopod, and uropodal endopod with one or two articles.