Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Kieferfüße

English translation:

gnathopods

Added to glossary by Jennifer Hottarek
Feb 11, 2004 12:09
20 yrs ago
German term

Kieferfüße

German to English Science Zoology anatomy
Histologie und Morphologie:
- Carapax bedeckt den größten Teil des Thorax
- Extremitäten am Thorax zu Schwimmbeinen ausgebildet
- Erstes Beinpaar dient als Mundextremität (Kieferfüße)
Proposed translations (English)
4 gnathopds
4 maxilliped / accessory jaws

Proposed translations

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German term (edited): Kieferf��e
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gnathopds

http://www.emporia.edu/biosci/invert/lab6/:
Order Tanaidacea
Anterior 2 thoracic segments covered by and fused with carapace. Second pair of thoracic appendages are gnathopods.

http://www.personal.usyd.edu.au/~buz/percarids/tsld007.htm:
Cephalisation

Anterior thoracopods of malacostracans have been transferred from locomotion to feeding
Some cephalised thoracic limbs are called “maxillipeds”
Some cephalised limbs are not called “maxillipeds”; i.e., gnathopods (isopods or amphipods) or chelipeds (Tanaids)

http://atiniui.nhm.org/glossary/?terms=Gnathopods:
Gnathopods

Chelate or subtotal, prehensile maxilliped (e.g., Amphipoda); also used for first two prehensile pereiopods of amphipods whether chelate or subchelate. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for the reference!"
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maxilliped / accessory jaws

source: E. Laundert: Biologisches Wörterbuch. Verlag Ulmer.

Sorry, but I can't give you any explanations. This is just what I found in the dic.
HTH
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