swimmeret - meaning and definition. What is swimmeret
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What (who) is swimmeret - definition

THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE OF A DECAPOD CRUSTACEAN
Swimmerets; Pereiopod; Pleopod; Crayfish anatomy; Pleopods; Crawdad anatomy; Swimmeret; Pereon; Pereopod; Jaw-foot; Pleon
  • Folded abdomen of a cooked crab severed from its body, showing its pleopods hiding beneath.

Swimmeret         
·noun One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming.
swimmeret         
['sw?m?r?t]
¦ noun Zoology a forked swimming limb attached to a crustacean's abdomen.
Pleopods         
·pl of Pleopod.

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Decapod anatomy

The decapod (crustaceans such as a crab, lobster, shrimp or prawn) is made up of 20 body segments grouped into two main body parts: the cephalothorax and the pleon (abdomen). Each segment may possess one pair of appendages, although in various groups these may be reduced or missing. They are, from head to tail: