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Crustacean

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


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The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

... - Kingdom Protoctista o 1,250,000 animals, including (Kingdom Animalia): + 1,203,375 invertebrates: # 950,000 insects, # 81,000 mollusks, # 40,000 crustaceans, # 2,175 corals, # 130,200 others; + 59,811 vertebrates (Phylum Chordata): # 29,300 fish, # 6,199 amphibians, # 8,240 reptiles, # 9,956 ...

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by gamila
Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:32 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
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The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

... - Kingdom Protoctista o 1,250,000 animals, including (Kingdom Animalia): + 1,203,375 invertebrates: # 950,000 insects, # 81,000 mollusks, # 40,000 crustaceans, # 2,175 corals, # 130,200 others; + 59,811 vertebrates (Phylum Chordata): # 29,300 fish, # 6,199 amphibians, # 8,240 reptiles, # 9,956 ...

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by gamila
Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:42 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
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The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

... is Chordata, which contains all animals with backbones (fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians). There is also Arthropoda (insects, spiders, crustaceans); Mollusca (snails, squid, clam); Annelida (segmented worms); Echinodermata (starfish, sea urchins) and many, many more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species ...

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by gamila
Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:45 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
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Biology is not a science

... is Chordata, which contains all animals with backbones (fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians). There is also Arthropoda (insects, spiders, crustaceans); Mollusca (snails, squid, clam); Annelida (segmented worms); Echinodermata (starfish, sea urchins) and many, many more.

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by gamila
Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:15 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Biology is not a science
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Why can't hemolymph in insects carry oxigen??

Sometimes hemolymph does carry oxygen - in crustaceans and marine arthropods, it's fairly common. In insects, which often have relatively high metabolisms, an open circulatory system just isn't efficient enough for oxygen distribution all by itself. ...

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by Darby
Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:23 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Why can't hemolymph in insects carry oxigen??
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