One of the seven pereonal appendages. Consists of the following segments: coxa, basis, ischium, merus, carpus, propodus, dactylus. The coxa of adult female bears oostegites. The distal five podomeres are homologous with the endopod of the more primitive biramous thoracic limb of other Crustacea.

locomatory appendage (or leg) of the pereon that consists of the following segments (in order from distally to proximally): coxa, basis, ischium, merus, carpus, propodus, dactylus. In amphipods the pereopods consist of the modified (chelate) gnathopods 1 and 2, and pereopods 3 to 7 which are locomotory. See figure and also figure