crayfishes

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• crayfishes — cray·fish || kreɪfɪʃ n. freshwater crustacean which resembles a small lobster …   English contemporary dictionary

• crayfish — /ˈkreɪfɪʃ / (say krayfish) noun 1. (plural crayfish or crayfishes)→ lobster (def. 2). 2. (plural crayfish or crayfishes) Especially SA, NSW and Tasmania → rock lobster …  

• Cambarus bartonii — Taxobox | name = Cambarus bartonii regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda familia = Cambaridae genus = Cambarus species = C. bartonii binomial = Cambarus bartonii binomial authority =… …   Wikipedia

• excretion — excretion1 /ik skree sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of excreting. 2. the substance excreted, as urine or sweat, or certain plant products. [1595 1605; < LL excretion (s. of excretio) that which is sifted out. See EXCRETE, ION] excretion2 /ik skree… …   Universalium

• areola — Area between branchiocardiac grooves and posterior to cervical groove on dorsal surface of carapace (Astacidea and Austroastacidea) [McLaughlin, 1980]. Dorsomedial area (usually hourglass shaped) of thoracic region of carapace of crayfishes,… …   Crustacea glossary

• branchiostegal spine — See: carapace spine (b) [Martin, 2005]. See: carapace spines (b) [McLaughlin, 1980]. A short spine located on or near the anterior margin of the carapace, ventral to the antennal spine in the shrimps; in crayfishes, immediately ventral to the… …   Crustacea glossary

• carapace length — In shrimps, distance from the posterior margin of orbit to midcaudodorsal margin of carapace; in crayfishes, distance from tip of rostrum to midcaudodorsal margin of carapace (see Fig. 14) [Hobbs and Jass, 1988]. In shrimps, the distance from the …   Crustacea glossary

• cervical spine — Spine on lateral surface of carapace immediately posterior to cervical groove of crayfishes (see Fig. 14) [Hobbs and Jass, 1988]. Spine on the lateral surface of the carapace immediately posterior to the cervical groove in crayfishes [Hobbs,… …   Crustacea glossary

• epistome — A broad strongly calcified plate in front of, and above, the mouth. It represents the fused sternites of the third and fourth segments [Warner, 1977]. A transverse plate situated anterior to the mouth [Hobbs, Hobbs, and Daniel 1977]. Antennal… …   Crustacea glossary

• hepatic area — In crayfishes, paired cephalolateral regions of the carapace between the orbit and cervical groove [Hobbs, Hobbs, and Daniel 1977]. Paired cephalolateral region to either side of carapace between orbit and cervical groove (in crayfishes) (see Fig …   Crustacea glossary

• rostrum — (1) Anteriorly projecting, unpaired, usually rigid median extension of carapace between eyes or ocular peduncles; (2) anterior beaklike projection of valve margins overhanging incisure or notch (Ostracoda); (3) unpaired anteroventral plate of… …   Crustacea glossary