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Arthropods: The Armored Achievers (Pages 137-140)
• What is significant about the Phylum Arthropoda? What does arthropod
mean?

• How many species of arthropods exist?

800000
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• What are the features of the arthropod body?

developed sense organs. Jointed limbs Segmented bodies. Ventral nervous system.

• What does it mean to molt? Why do arthropods molt?

To shed exoskeleton inorder to grow

• Define crustacean:
an arthropod of the large, mainly aquatic group Crustacea, such as a crab, lobster, shrimp, or
barnacle.

• Describe and provide a quick sketch of the following small crustaceans:

Copepods:

Sketch
Barnacles:

Sketch
Amphipods:

Sketch
Isopods:

Sketch
Krill:
Sketch (See page 225)

• What is a decapod? How many species? What types of species are there?
include shrimp, lobsters, crayfish, hermit crabs, and crabs. 8000 a crustation

• Describe the basic characteristics of a decapods anatomy: (Use bullet

points)
segments, or somites:
the head, t
horax, and
abdomen

• What are the distinct features of shrimps and lobsters?

Hard-bodied decapods, such as lobsters, snap their abdomens with fanlike tails forward
underneath their bodies to propel themselves backward through the water. Shrimps and other
softer-bodied species use their abdomens and tails to swim forward in the water.

• What is the different about the abdomens of true crabs?

In true crabs, the abdomen is normally wrapped under the body and pressed against the thorax

• Label the basic body plan of the American lobster Figure 7.32 Page 140