Thoracic appendages –

1) Ant three pairs of Mazillipeds

2) Post five part of walking legs.
1) First Maxillipeds –
A) These are then, flattened app
B) It resembles maxilla in some ways.
C) The protopodite consists of coxa and basis.
D) Inner ends of coxa and basis contains stiff setae and form gnathopases.
E) The outer side of coxa bear a bilobed epipodile (primitive gill).
F) The endopodite is small.
G) The exopodite is large.
H) Both exopodite and endopodite bears setae.

2) Second Maxillipeds –
1) These are not flattened.
2) The protopodite is formed by a short coxa and basis
3) Coxa bears an epipodite and a gill (outer margin)
4) Its inner margin contains setae.
5) Basis is short.
6) It bears a long exopodite and endopodile.
7) The endopodile is formed of five segments
8) Ischium, merus, carpus, propodus, dactylus (last two segments bend inwards)
9) Inner edges bear tough setae.

3) Third Maxillipeds –
a) These are largest look like thoracic leg.
b) They contain some part as second maxillpeds.
c) Coxa = bears epipodits (gills) absent.
d) Basis is short.
e) Exopodite is shorter than IInd maxillipeds.
f) Endopodile straight and contains three segments.
I segment = Fusion of ischium and merus
II segment = Carpus
III segment = Fusion of propodus +dactylus

Functions –
1) Maxillipeds hold the food in position while manelibles cut into pieces
2) It also send the food to mouth and help in its swallowing.

3) Thoracic legs – (walking legs)

1) Five parts of thoracic legs.
2) Fourth thoracic leg regarded as typical leg.
3) It consists of seven podomeres or segments.
4) The protopodite is formed by a short, ring shaped coxa and triangular basis.
5) The basis bears an endopodite of five segments
6) All the seven segments join each other by movable hinge joints. (move only in one direction)
7) The joints between Merus and Carpus is called knee.
8) In the first and second pairs of legs the propodus is very large.
9) It articulates with dactylus.
10) Dactylus form a chela chllaworks as forceps

11) Such legs are called chelate legs (I and IInd pair)

12) Second chelate leg is larger and works as offence and defence.

13) Second chelate leg in male is larger.

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The 3 , 4th and 5 pairs of legs are non chelate

15) In female coxa of IVth pairs of leg bear genilal aperture.

Function –
1) There are used in walking.
2) Second chelate legs are organs of offence and defence.
3) Last pairs of thoracic legs are used to clean pleopods.
4) Chelate legs are used to grasp the food.
5) They bear genital apertures.

Abdominal appendages-
1) There are 6 pairs of appendages
2) First five pairs are known as pleopods
3) 6th pairs is called uropods.

A typical pleopod – (IIIrd pair)

1) It protopodite conatins small coxa and large basis
2) Basis bear leaf like exopodite +mendopodile
3) Endopodite is smaller than exopodite.
4) The endopodite bears a small process called appendix interna.
5) Its tip is swollen.
First pleopods –
1) It does not contains appendix interna.
2) Endopodile Is small.

Second pleopods –
In males it contains anthore rod is present with appendix intema called appendix masulina