Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea · Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Arthropoda...
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Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns, and shrimp
Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Arthropoda
Antennule
Antenna
Claw
(cheliped)
(pereopod 1)
Eye
Walking leg (pereopod 3)
Shell
Setae (like hair)
Walking leg (pereopod 2)
Hermit crab Sand crab Claw
(cheliped)
(pereopod 1)
Walking leg (pereopod 2)
Walking leg (pereopod 3)
Walking leg (pereopod 4)
Swimming leg (pereopod 5) Image source: pir.sa.gov.au
Carapace
Propodus
Carpus
Merus
Dactyl (movable)
Antenna
Eye
Stridulating hermit crab
Strigopagurus strigimanus
Decorator crab or seaweed
bear crab Notomithrax ursus
Smooth seaweed crab
Naxia aurita
Purple mottled shore crab
Cyclograpsus granulosus
Velvet crab
Nectocarcinus tuberculosus
Hairy stone crab
Lomis hirta
Great spider crab
Leptomithrax gaimardii
Spotted shore crab
Paragrapsus gaimardii Rough Rock Crab
Nectocarcinus integrifrons