thoracic legs

thoracic legs
The five posterior pairs of thoracic appendages of a decapod crustacean; generally used for walking, although the first or second pair may be modified as large claws and the fifth pair as swimming paddles [Bliss, 1982].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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