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What is a modified form of cellulose found in the exoskeletons of insects and crustaceans?
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∙ 15y ago
There is no such tihng as a modified form of cellulose, but the word you are looking for is probably chitin, another organic molecule which is very similar to cellulose. Chitin is the second most abundant organic molecule on earth, second only to cellulose.
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Do crustaceans have exoskeletons?
Yes, crustaceans do have an exoskeleton, as do all arthropods, including arachnids, insects, and crustaceansm
Do black footed ferrets have a exoskeleton or a endoskelton?
Endoskeleton. Only crustaceans, insects and arachnids have exoskeletons.
What makes chitin edible?
Chitin is a polysaccharide (a polymer of certain types of sugar), and, in this case, is often used to form the exoskeletons of arthropods (such as insects and crustaceans). However, as with cellulose, humans do not possess the enzymes necessary to breakdown these polysaccharides. Thus, chitin and cellulose cannot be broken down by humans.
What can be manifactured from crayfish shells?
Exoskeletons of insects and crustaceans can be ground down and used as a highly effective nutrient that you can add to mulch.
What uses chitin to move?
Arthropods (insects, crustaceans, etc.) have exoskeletons made of chitin. Given that, chitin is used to allow arthropods to move.
Is a hamster an arthropod?
No, they are mammals, and rodents. Arthropods are invertebrate creatures with exoskeletons, segmented bodies and jointed limbs - insects, arachnids, crustaceans, etc.
Do insects have exoskeletons?
Insects have exoskeletons for both protection and structural support.
Is a Cockroch and a lobster related?
yes.they are both athropods...but cockroaches are insects and lobsters are crustaceans.
Do insects have endoskeletons?
Insects have exoskeletons.
Do flys have exoskeletons?
Yes, all insects have exoskeletons.
Do spiders have endoskeletons?
Unlike most insects (some do) Spiders have exoskeletons and also a small endoskeleton of plates made of a cartilage-like material. Much like crustaceans.
Polymers of carbohydrates?
Carbohydrate polymers are polysaccharides. Plants store energy in the polysaccharide known as starch (amylose and amylopectin). Animals store energy in the polysaccharide glycogen. Plants form the polysaccharide cellulose for structural components (such as their cell walls). Insects and crustaceans form the polysaccharide chitin for structural components (such as their exoskeletons).
