Single, sturdy shell that shields a crabs body

Carapace

The ability to regrow a lost body part

Regeneration

Arthropods with hard, crusty shells

Crustaceans

Term describes the shedding of exoskeleton

Molting

Leglike limbs that help lobsters move

Swimmerets

Lobster with no pincers

Spiny Lobster ( Rock Lobster )

Prized by seafood lovers for its enormous pincers and meaty tail

American lobster ( Maine lobster )

Smallest shrimp

Brine

Largest shrimp

Prawns

A crustacean that lives on land, eats plants and rotting wood and has seven pairs of legs

Wood louse (pillbug / roly poly)

"One-hundred footed", two legs per segment, carnivore

Centipede

"One-thousand footed", Four legs per segment, herbivore, stink glands

Milipedes

Flesh-eater

Carnivore

Plant-eater

Herbivore