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Dissection of a crayfish, rostral appendages
Legend:
1 antennula
2 antenna
3 mandibula
4 maxilla 1
5 maxilla 2
6 maxilliped 1
7 maxilliped 2
8 maxilliped 3
9 gill
English name: Crayfish
Scientific name: Astacus sp.
Familia: Astacidae
Classis: Malacostraca
Phylum: Arthropoda (subphyllum Crustacea)
Regnum: Animalia
The rostral appendages of a crayfish consist of the antennae and the mouthparts, which are formed by the mandibula, the maxillae and the maxillipeds.
