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Crustaceans
Usually considered as a subphylum, Crustaceans comprise a group of arthropods including crabs, crayfish, lobsters and shrimp. Most crustaceans are aquatic animals, though some are terrestrial, parasitic and barnacles. Crustaceans have a chitinous exoskeleton, segmented body, and paired jointed limbs.
1,209 Questions
What do tiger pistol shrimps eat?
they eat other small shrimps and inverts by using there claw to shoot a blast that destroys other inverts exoskeleton
Do lobster breathe through gills or lungs?
Lobsters have gills located inside two branchial chambers. Water is pumped through these chambers by an apendage called the scaphognathite. Oxygen is extracted and the water expelled. To respire means to breathe. So if you type in respire, it comes up as breathing.
What are the structures of a crayfish?
The main structures of a crayfish under the exoskeleton of the abdomen are the Cephalothorax and the abdomen. The Cephalothorax is made up of the head and thorax and the abdomen has 7 segments.
they hide under rocks so they can hide from predictor's like humans.
Most American call a big shrimp a prawn and enjoy eating them deep fried, and covered in batter like coconut prawns. The truth is that in all other English speaking parts of the world, they are all called prawns no matter what the size. As long as we are adding culinary preferences, Thai people like to barbecue them and eat the whole thing, including the head. Actually they chew up the heads and spit out the shells and gills.
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Prawns are shrimp-like crustaceans, belonging to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata. Prawns are distinguished from shrimp by the gill structure which is branching in prawns. In various forms of English, the name 'prawn' is often applied to shrimp as well, generally the larger species are reffered to as prawns.
-A shrimp generally originates from saltwater and a prawn lives in fresh water. In some American grocery stores they sometimes call a large shrimp with the head attached a prawn but they are not. Prawns and shrimp are different
How do crayfish get in your yard?
they dig just like every other thng that gets in your yard they dig just like every other thng that gets in your yard
What would be a creature that looks like a lobster with small claws or pincers found on land?
As far as I know, there's no such thing, but you could be confused with the scorpion and mantids, but asuming you aren't stupid, there is no such thing that I know of.
What other fish can you keep with crayfish?
Very large peaceful fish. i would sugguest tinfoil barbs.
How do you tell if thawed lobster tail is spoiled?
They smell like ammonia after they're cooked. That's why lobsters are usually cooked alive, because they deteriorate very quickly after death. And obviously, if you only have the tail, the lobster is dead.
What are the shellfish and finfish?
This is way to vague and confusing. Please rephrase and resubmit. Be more specific.
What are the appendages found on the head of the crayfish?
it is the antenna, antennule, rostrum, and the maxillipeds (feeding appendages).
Yes, crayfish are freshwater crustaceans. They resemble small lobsters, which they are closely related to. They are mostly found in brooks or streams with running water and with shelter from predators.
How do you determine the gender of a crayfish?
one way to determine the gender of a crayfish is to look at the first 2 pairs of swimmerets. The males are longer and prong shaped
How do you tell a female crayfish from a male?
Generally the first two swimmerets of the male crayfish are significantly larger than the rest. The swimmerets of the females are usually all the same size.
Was the 8 legged crab you saw in a Florida estuary actually an arachnid?
Crabs are not arachnids, they are decapods. Decapod means '10 legs', it is just that crabs and some other species have specialised pincers on the front pair, meaning they only walk on 8. However the pincers are technically legs.
There are several species of crayfish in Australia, including the red claw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus and the yabbie, C. destructor. The world's largest crayfish, which can grow to almost 7 pounds, is Astacopsis gouldi, found in Tasmania.
Xanthid crabs eat mostly on algae, but also eat other marine vegetation. Xanthid crabs are poisonous and cannot be eaten by humans..
What is the flipper on a crayfish called?
the end of the crayfish by the telson the tail is the flipper.
Can pond tadpoles live with crayfish?
If its in a pond probably, but if its in a small enclosed area, then the crayfish can eat the tadpoles.
im not sure about bread but when me and my dad go crabbing we use chicken legs and pretzels crabs really like the salt and if u go crabbing you go where fresh water and salt water meet it is usually rocky and marshy
