maxillipe

maxillipe
adj. [L. maxilla, jaw; pes, foot]
(ARTHROPODA: Crustacea)
The paired appendages on thoracic somites 1-3 posterior to the maxillae, that usually function in feeding; sometimes adapted for other functions such as prehension in parasitic forms.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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