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Arthropods/Crayfish
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Crustacea |
| Order | Decapoda |
| Genus | Cambarus |
| Species | cambarus |
| Crayfish's main habitat: | fresh water |
| how many species? | appx: 10,000 |
| How many body sections? | 2 |
| What is the head and thorax combination called? | Cephlothorax |
| What is the second part, besides the cephlothorax, of the body called? | Abdomen |
| What does the abdomen contain? | six pairs of appendages, five of which are swimmeretts |
| How many appendages does the cephlothorax contain? | 13 pairs |
| Name the cephlothorax appendages | 1 pr. of antennulesa pr. atennae1 pr. mandibles2 pr. maxillae3 pr. maxillipods1 pr. chellipods4 pr. walking legs (pellipods) |
| What do swimmeretts do to help carry out reproduction? | helps grasp eggs ad transfer sperm to body of female internally and incubate eggs. |
| what is the flipper composed of? | the telson and the uropods |
| How would you tell wether the crayfish is a male or a female? | mail: most antiriour pair of swimmeretts are long and stifffemale:all almost same legnth |
| Bifucete: | one becomes two: |
| The circulatory system is: | open |
| how does the crayfish respirate? | gills |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Crustacea |
| Order | Decapoda |
| Genus | Cambarus |
| Species | cambarus |
| Crayfish's main habitat: | fresh water |
| how many species? | appx: 10,000 |
| How many body sections? | 2 |
| What is the head and thorax combination called? | Cephlothorax |
| What is the second part, besides the cephlothorax, of the body called? | Abdomen |
| What does the abdomen contain? | six pairs of appendages, five of which are swimmeretts |
| How many appendages does the cephlothorax contain? | 13 pairs |
| Name the cephlothorax appendages | 1 pr. of antennulesa pr. atennae1 pr. mandibles2 pr. maxillae3 pr. maxillipods1 pr. chellipods4 pr. walking legs (pellipods) |
| What do swimmeretts do to help carry out reproduction? | helps grasp eggs ad transfer sperm to body of female internally and incubate eggs. |
| what is the flipper composed of? | the telson and the uropods |
| How would you tell wether the crayfish is a male or a female? | mail: most antiriour pair of swimmeretts are long and stifffemale:all almost same legnth |
| Bifucete: | one becomes two: |
| The circulatory system is: | open |
| how does the crayfish respirate? | gills |