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What is the function of the carapace?
Carapace is a dorsal upper section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods such as crustaceans and arachnids. The function of the carapace is to protect the animal and act as shelter.
What is the function of a carapace in a crayfish?
A Cray fish carapace is equivalent to your skeleton (endoskeleton), all crustations have an exoskeleton, as do insects and, as do most gastropods and molluscs (snails and calms)
What is the function of the carapace on a crayfish?
The caraspace protects the gills and provids a water cannel.
What does 'carapace' mean?
Carapace:- from French, from Spanish carapacho.It is the hard shell of things like turtles and tortoises. Other animals also have a carapace, such as lobsters. A lobster's carapace is the bit of their shell that covers the head area.The word carapace can also be used in an illustrative way to describe a mental or emotionally protective shell that a person might put up, or hide behind.The word is also used in architecture.Turtles have a carapace.Some other groups of animals have a carapace like Crustaceans, Arachnida, and Tortoises.
Are crabs the same as crustacean?
No. Crayfish: a nocturnal freshwater crustacean that resembles a small lobster and inhabits streams and rivers. Crab: a crustacean with a broad carapace, stalked eyes, and five pairs of legs, the first pair of which are modified as pincers.
What is a crab shell called?
A crab's shell is called a carapace.
How can the word 'carapace' be used in a sentence?
Turtles rely on a hard carapace to protect them.
How many body regions do crustaceans have?
The body of a crustacean is composed of body segments, which are grouped into three regions: the cephalon or head, the thorax, and the pleon or abdomen. The head and thorax may be fused together to form a cephalothorax, which may be covered by a single large carapace.
Is mussel a crustacean?
No because a crustacean has a exoskeleton and a mussel has a shell
The top shell on a turtle is called?
The shell covering the top of a turtle's body is called the carapace (say karra-pace).It is made of a hard substance called scutes.Some turtles do not have a hard carapace. The carapace of soft-shelled turtles and the leatherback turtle is made of thick skin.The shape of a carapace is not always the same:
Is a crustacean a decomposer?
crustacean is not a decomposer
Is a crab a crustacean?
a crab is a crustacean
