| Term | Definition |
|---|
| habitat | Intertidal Zone |
| carapace | shell |
| antennae | 1st pair of appendages-detect sound and chemicals.(urine) |
| Decapod | molting |
| antenules | 2nd pair of appendages-detect sound and chemicals. |
| jointed appendages | used for grabbing prey and movement. |
| stalked compound eyes | these eyes give a wide field of vision. |
| segmented body | a sectioned body |
| the rock crab obtains food by. . . | using it's appendages |
| appendages | claws |
| how do you sex a lobster? | looking at it's swimmerates |
| how do you sex a rock crab? | look at it's belly |
| growth | molting-a process in which the sheel is shed. |
| three characteristics that crusteans have | exoskeletons, appendages, segmented body |
| dorsal surface | back surface (skinny side)blue mussel |
| ventral surface | front surface (fat side)blue mussel |
| feeding method | appendages |
| prey | sea scallops, other shell fish |
| predators | humans, blue bass |
| habitat | rock bottoms, good places to hide. It has sea stars, kelp, sea urchins, seaweed and more in habitat |
| mans influence on the lobster | has changed, because they have fished out the lobster's predators. |
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