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		Chelicerae are filled with muscles, and are used to hold prey while the spider injects venom.
		Along with the chelicerae, these mouthparts work together to direct food into the spider's mouth, which is hidden behind the chelicerae and other mouthparts.
		Like the chelicerae, a spider's pedipalps are part of its mouth, and are located just between the chelicerae and first pair of legs on the cephalothorax.
	www.uky.edu /Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/spiders/anatomy/spideranatomy.htm (646 words)

	Pharyngula: Chelifores, chelicerae, and invertebrate evolution
		suggests that that interpretation may be flawed, and that sea spider chelifores are actually homologous to the chelicerae of spiders.
		The great appendages of those Anomalocaris-like creatures was innervated by the protocerebrum; the chelicerae of modern spiders are innervated by the deuterocerebrum, as are the first antennae of crustaceans.
		This strongly suggests that chelicerae and great appendages are not homologous.
	scienceblogs.com /pharyngula/2006/05/chelifores_chelicerae_and_inve.php (1739 words)

	Solifugae or Wind Spider
		Each of the two chelicerae are composed of two articles forming a powerful pincer; each article bears a variable number of teeth.
		Prey is located with the pedipalps and killed and cut into pieces by the chelicerae.
		Reproduction can involve direct or indirect sperm transfer; when indirect, the male emits a spermatophore on the ground and then inserts it with his chelicerae in the female's genital pore.
	www.camelspiders.net /solifugae.htm (251 words)

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