Crazy Crustaceans
Breathe through these
What are gills
The digestive organ used to grind food
What is the crop?
A pair of appendages used in feeding and mating
What are the pedipalps?
Relatives of spiders that are ectoparisites that feed on blood
What are ticks?
The combination of the head and thorax
What is a cephalothorax
Appendages on the abdomen used to help a crustacean swim
What are swimmerets?
eyes that are used to determine light and dark
What are simple eyes
Organs used to release silk
What are the spinnerets?
These relatives of arthropods are tiny and very hard to kill, being able to survive in space
What are waterbears/tardigrades
the largest group of animals on the planet with over 1 million species
What are insects?
first pair of appendages often formed into claws used to catch food
What are the chelipeds?
What are antennae?
Often modified into fangs
What are the chelipeds?
The smallest organisms with appendages
what are mites?
Chemicals produced to signal other members of the same species
What are pheremones
Most crustaceans have this many pairs of walking legs
What is five?
Most arachnids breathe using these
What are book lungs?
This group of arthropods gives birth to live young
What are scorpions?
Arthropods have this type of development
What is protostome?
daily double
Crustaceans have this many antennae
All insects have two pairs of wings, except for these
What are the flies/diptera
Spiders must do this to their food before eating
What is digest externally?
These arthropods are highly valued for the antimicrobial properties of their blood
What are horseshoe crabs
Organ used for hearing
What is a tympanum