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Crustacean

Crustacean

a shell-covered sea creature - for example crabs and lobsters.


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Blood is red.

... it from the other side and you will see red. That is capillary blood you are observing. It's red folks. If you see blue when you do this, your a crustacean. RLJ

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by rlj
Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:34 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Blood is always red, never blue.
Replies: 39
Views: 67574

The Fiber Disease

... etc) - and who like all animals have a set of genes called hox genes, which lay down some of the basic patterns during development. He compared a crustacean, the shrimp artemia, with the fruit fly and concluded that the hox genes existed in their full complement in a common ancestor. Most importantly, ...

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by Skytroll
Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:24 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 748789

Rollie Pollie Awareness

... teacher when we were learning about arthropodes and the differences between centipedes and millipedes how you would classify a rollie pollie = a Crustacean? really? crazy. So I guess it is a land evolved crustacean, so gills or being able to live in water is not a definite characteristic of crustaceans? ...

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by February Beetle
Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:36 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Rollie Pollie Awareness
Replies: 11
Views: 9080

Shrimp and Prawn?

... Both can occur in marine, estuarine and freshwater environments, depending in the species in question. What are prawns? They are small 'crustaceans' (like crabs and lobsters) found in both marine and fresh water environments around the world. Two main groups of prawn are produced commercially: ...

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by Ange
Sat May 21, 2005 10:36 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Shrimp and Prawn?
Replies: 6
Views: 15273


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