Crustaceans
Arthropods with hard, crusty shells.
Chitin
What the shells of crustaceans are made of
Molt
Shed their shells
Head, thorax, and abdomen
The three main body regions
Ten legs
How many legs crustaceans have
Antennae
Four antennae with 1 pair of long ones and short ones
Compound eyes
On the ends of movable eye stalks that allow the animal to see in any direction it chooses
Gills
What most crustaceans use to breathe under water
Regenaration
When a missing part of a crustacean grows back
Plankton
Microscopic plants and animals
Crabs
Crustaceans with flat bodies, and two large pincers . They run sideways
Carapace
Single sturdy shell
Pea crab
Smallest crab
Japanese spider crab
Largest crab
Fiddler crab
Has one huge pincer
Ghost crab
Its coloring is so similar to the color of the sand that it is difficult to spot at night
King crab and blue crab
Popular seafood
Hermit crab
Lives in snail shells
Lobster
Thick and muscular tail sticking out behind its narrow body
Swimmerets
Leglike limbs that help a lobster swim and walk on the ocean floor
Spiny lobster and rock lobser
Has no pincers, but extremely long antennae with sharp edges
Crayfish
Found in a lake, pond, stream, or drainage creek
Shrimp
Look like miniature lobsters
Prawns
Ten inch shrimps
Pistol shrimp
Has one large pincer that it uses as a type of stun gun
Barnacle
Makes its home on an object
Wood louse
Lives on land in moist places under leaves and stones
Pill bug
Also called roly- poly from the way it rolls itself into a ball
List four characteristics of crustaceans
Jointed appendages,segmented bodies,eco skeletons,and hard crusty shells
What term describes the process in which the crustacean sheds its exoskeleton to make room for it's expanding body?
Molting
What term describes the ability of crustaceans to replace lost body parts?
Regeneration
Which crustaceans run sideways?
Crabs
Name the hard, protective shell that shields a crabs soft body
Carapace
What do we call her leg like Limbs connected to a lobsters abdomen?
Swimmerets
Which lobster does not have pinchers?
Spiny lobster
What are the smallest shrimp mentioned in the text? What are the largest?
Sm. brine shrimp large .prawn shrimp
What crustacean lives in damp areas on the land?
Wood louse