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A type of crustacean that looks like a miniature lobster. (page 127)
What is a crayfish (crawdad or crawfish)?
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Creatures that eat their own kind or species (page 126)
What is a cannibal?
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The part of the crustacean's mouth that tears the food into smaller pieces. (page 124)
What is the maxillae?
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The middle part of a crustacean's body. (page 123)
What is the cephalothorax?
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These smaller antennae help the crustacean keep its balance and allow it to touch and taste things. (page 124)
What are antennules?
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The part of the exoskeleton that covers the cephalothorax. Turtles also have one. (page 123)
What is a carapace?
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A skeleton on the outside of an animal's body. (page 122)
What is an exoskeleton?
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The crustacean's claw-feet that are used to fight and capture prey. (page 125)
What are chelipeds?
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Located at the end of the abdomen, crustaceans use this for steering while they swim. (page 126 - TWO WORDS)
What is a tail fan?
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Long structures on a crustacean's head that are sensitive, giving crustaceans strong senses of touch and taste. (page 124)
What are antennae?
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The fleshy "tail" portion of arthropods. (page 123)
What is the abdomen?
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True crustaceans which permanently attach themselves to a hard surface. (page 135)
What are barnacles?
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When two or more creatures live together in a close relationship. (page 131)
What is symbiosis?
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When a crustacean sheds its shell. (page 123)
What is molting?
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Crustaceans that have ten feet. (page 125)
What are decapods?
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Eats mud and sand, and the males use their one HUGE claw to attract females. (page 129)
What are fiddler crabs?
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The small leg-looking paddles under the crustacean's abdomen that help propel the crustacean through the water. (page 125)
What are swimmerets?
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Chitin and calcium carbonate (page 122)
What is an exoskeleton made of?
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When the creatures in a symbiotic relationship help each other. (page 131)
What is mutualism?
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Small animals which will eat the food right out of a larger animal's teeth. (page 133)
What are cleaner shrimp?
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Mostly benthic creatures with a shell. (page 121)
What are crustaceans?
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An animal which eats dead animals that they find. (page 131)
What is a scavenger?
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A crustacean which is thought to be extinct. We can find MANY fossils of it. (page 136)
What is a trilobite?
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An animal that is "key" to the survival of many other animals - usually because it is a main food source. (page 134)
What is a keystone species?
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A lobster's teeth are found here. (page 126)
What is in a lobster's stomach?
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