How are the maxillipeds related to eating?
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Long antennae are organs for touch, taste, and smell. The mandibles, or jaws, crush food by moving from side to side. Two pairs of maxillae hold solid food, tear it, and pass it to the mouth. ... Of the eight pairs of appendages on the cephalothorax, the first three are maxillipeds, which holdfood during eating.
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Long antennae are organs for touch, taste, and smell. The mandibles, or jaws, crush food by moving from side to side. Two pairs of maxillae hold solid food, tear it, and pass it to the mouth. ... Of the eight pairs of appendages on the cephalothorax, the first three are maxillipeds, which holdfood during eating.
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