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Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Mandibulata Class Crustacea Subclass Malacostraca ("Soft Shell")
Order Decapoda (Ten Legs)
Subclass Branchiopoda ("Gill Feet") Subclass Ostracoda (A shell") Subclass Copepoda ("Oar-Footed") Subclass Cirripedia ("feet with curls of hair")
Bilateral symmetry Two main body segments Cephalothorax Abdomen They filter feed, scavenge, or are predatory Use appendages for food getting and movement Found throughout the oceans of the world Are an important food source for other marine organisms They reproduce sexually, fertilize externally Have gills to breathe Eyes of two types: Median simple Compound eyes ommatidia Have statocysts and sensory hairs.
Molting is when the exoskeleton is shed as the organism outgrows it. Some types of molting are: Ecdysis shedding off of cuticula in most invertebrates. Sloughing Casting off dead tissue.
ECOLOGY
Marine
or freshwater environments Motile, although a few taxonomic units are parasitic and live attached to their hosts; and adult barnacles live a sessile life
LIFE CYCLE
Lobsters
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Crabs
LIFE CYCLE
Barnacle
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Shrimp
LIFE CYCLE
Krill
CONSUMPTION BY HUMANS
Many
crustaceans are consumed by humans, and nearly 10,700,000 tons were produced in 2007; the vast majority of this output is of decapod crustaceans: crabs, lobsters, shrimp, and prawns.
Woodlice is a crustacean despite living on land Live lobsters can be yellow, blue, orange and white but never red in color, they only turn red when they have been cooked! The Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) is the largest crustacean in the world The Stygotantulus stock is the smallest crustacean in the world, measuring less than 0.1mm in length!
Shrimps
move by walking slowly across the sea floor but when fleeing from a predator, they swim backwards quickly by curling and uncurling their abdomen. This is known as the caridoid escape reaction. Male fiddler crabs have one large claw, which they wave in the air to impress females when trying to find a mate and intimidate other males and predators. The waving of their claw is thought to resemble playing the fiddle!
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