Arthropods 4 - Crustacea Flashcards
1
Q
General characters
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thoracic segments fused to form carapace (Cephalothorax)
6Pleopods MIDDLE (1-5 swimmerets, 6 uropod END)
sensory antennules
5Pereopods FRONT (Thoracic IV-VIII)
Maxillipeds (Thoracic I-III)
2
Q
Taxonomy
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barnacles, copepods, krill, crabs, lobster, shrimp
3
Q
Life cycles; CRABS
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eggs, zoea, megalopa, juvenile crabs, adult crabs
4
Q
Life cycles; SHRIMP
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egg, nauplius, protozoea, mysis, postlarval stage, adult
5
Q
Isopods
A
terrestrial marine freshwater sexual reproduction females carry young in pouch biphasic (back first) moulting