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A crayfish has eight walking legs and eight swimmerets.
walking legs on a crayfish are used for mobility and movement, while the claws remain free to forage for food. This allows the crayfish to eat on the move and travel fair distances in a short time.
The chelipeds aren't really related to the movement of the crayfish itself, unconciously these appendages might move the crayfish, but really the chelipeds are a form of defense and used for food handling, much like the one big claw of the "Fiddler" Crab. INother words, the chelipeds are the two big dangrous looking claws of the crayfish.
They only have 8. The ones by the mouth that might look like legs are pedipalps- food handling feelers.
they move their legs
b\c maxillipede holds the food of the crayfish
how do crayfish grind up there food in there stomach
the purpose of walking legs on a crayfish are to help it move around. It mostly uses its tail since it is in water and can easily move with its abdomen muscles
Those things are called crayfish with 12 legs and a exoskeleton .
just cuz
They got their name because they are similar to a crab.
Crayfish have swimmerets on the abdomen.