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Antennule
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Region: headfunction: touch, taste, equilibrium*contains statocyst*short, branched
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Antenna
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Region: headfunction: touch and taste*contains excretory pore at base*long, slender with fan-like branch
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1st maxilla
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Region: headfunction: food handling
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2nd maxilla
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Region: headfunction: food handling and draws water over gillscontains gill bailer
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1st maxilliped
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Region: thoraxfunction: touch, taste, food handling
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2nd maxilliped
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Region: thoraxfunction: touch, taste, food handling
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Mandible
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Region: headfunction: crushing and chewing food
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3rd maxilliped
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Region: thoraxfunction: touch, taste, food handling
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1st walking leg (cheliped)
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Region: thoraxfunction: defense, food capture and handling* large pinchers
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2nd walking leg
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Region: thoraxfunction: walking and grasping
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3rd walking leg
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Region: thoraxfunction: walking and graspingcontains female genital pore at its base
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4th walking leg
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Region: thoraxfunction: walking
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5th walking leg
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Region: thoraxfunction: walkingcontains male genital pore at base
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1st swimmeret
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Region: abdomenmale- transfer sperm to femalefemale- no function (very small)
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2nd swimmeret
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Region: abdomenboth sexes- water circulationmale- transfer sperm to femalefemale- carry eggs
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