Crusteceans

All crustaceans:

• have stinging tentacles

• are soft-bodied

• have jointed appendages

• are bioluminescent

Most common crustacean:

• Shrimp

• Crabs

• Copepods

• Barnacles

Which of the following is considered "a living fossil"?

• Copepods

• Barnacles

• Hermit crabs

• Horseshoe crabs

How do crustaceans breathe?

• Through their siphon

• With their gills

• With their maxillipeds

• With their swimmerets

Barnacles use their ___________ to help them get food.

• Cilia

• Cirri

• Claws

• Carapace

The portion of exoskeleton that covers the cephalothorax is the 

• telson
• carapace
• uropod
• cheliped

All arthropods have segmented bodies, jointed appendages, and ________________. 

• tails
• lungs
• wings
• an exoskelton

What does the term arthropod mean?

• soft
• little rings
• jointed foot
• cephalization

The posterior end of the crayfish is called the ___

• cephalothorax

• abdomen

The process of re-growing lost body parts such as pincers and walking legs.

• hibernation
• regeneration
• molting
• respiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5