Monday, January 17, 2011

Arthropods - Crustacea (Crustaceans)


A crustacea has:
- An entire body divided into 3 parts; the head*, abdomen and thorax**.
- A hard exoskeleton.
- 2 pairs of antennae.
- The thorax bears legs, which may be specified as "walking legs"*** and "feeding legs"****.

Life cycle
- Produce Eggs
- 3 or 4 stages, depending of the animal
If you want to sound smarter, here are the more complicated words but have the same meanings.
*Cephalon
**Pleon
***Pereiopods
****Maxilipeds

1 comment:

  1. I forgot some facts
    Crustaceans are:
    - Cold-blooded
    - majority are aquatic

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