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Horseshoe crab Video Horseshoe Crab Video
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Phylum Arthropoda Class Crustacea Organisms that are Crustaceans:
Barnacles Krill Shrimp, crabs and lobsters Horseshoe crabs
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Anatomical Structures
Segmented Body Bilaterally Symmetrical Jointed appendages Chitinous Exoskeleton made of CaCO3 2 Pair of Antennae
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Barnacles -Small Crustaceans
Attach to surface Plated- heavy CaCO3 Upper plate opens Filter feeder- Uses legs to filter water
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Krill Planktonic Shrimp-like Filter Feeders School in the billions
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Large Crustaceans- sub class Decopoda
5 pairs walking legs 1st heavier Pinchers Obtain Food and Defense Shell- Carapace 2 sections Cephalothorax - Head and Legs Abdomen – Swimmerettes and Tail
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Shrimp and Lobster Elongated Abdomen
Shrimp and lobsters are scavengers
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Crayfish Related to the lobster Both marine and freshwater
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Crabs Compact, Broad Cephalothorax Moves – Side to side Scavengers
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How can you tell males from females?
Male –Flat V shaped plate Female –Expanded U shaped plates To carry eggs
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Horseshoe-shaped carapace 5 pairs of legs
Horseshoe Crab Living Fossils Live in shallow water Horseshoe-shaped carapace 5 pairs of legs
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