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1Decapod crustaceans typically have which of the following?
A)Mandibles, pedipalps, and four pairs of walking legs
B)Five pairs of walking legs and three pairs of maxillipeds
C)Swimmerets, five pairs of walking legs, and chelicerae
D)One pair of antennae
E)None of the above is correct



2Ecdysis in crustaceans?
A)Is the physiological process of molting and making a larger cuticle
B)Is a physiological process initiated by a stimulus perceived by the nervous system
C)Involves a molt-inhibiting hormone produced by the X-organ on the eye stalk and a molting hormone produced by the Y-organs near the mandibles
D)All of the above are correct
E)None of the above is correct



3Crustaceans?
A)Breathe by means of tracheae
B)Excrete by means of Malpighian tubules
C)Have an open circulatory system
D)Are hermaphroditic
E)None of the above is correct



4The crustaceans that are sessile and enclosed in a shell of calcareous plates are called:
A)Cirripedians
B)Isopods
C)Ostracods
D)Copepods
E)None of the above is correct



5The crustaceans are the only arthropods with two pairs of antennae.
A)True
B)False



6Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A)All appendages of crustaceans, except perhaps the first antennae, are primitively biramous
B)Most crustaceans have between 16 and 20 somites
C)In decapods, the carapace covers the entire cephalothorax but not the abdomen
D)Walking legs, mouthparts, chelipeds, and swimmerets present a fine example of serial homology
E)The major body space in arthropods is a blood-filled hemocoel



7The muscular system of crustaceans consists of antagonistic muscles called flexors and extensors
A)True
B)False



8The so-called "excretory organs" of crustaceans really regulate ionic and osmotic composition of body fluids.
A)True
B)False



9Which of the following is NOT correct?
A)Statolith?small grain of sand in the statocyst
B)Ommatidia?a photoreceptor unit
C)Nauplius?a widely occurring larval form in the Crustacea
D)Exocuticle?lies beneath the epicuticle and comprises protein, calcium salts, and chitin
E)Gastric mill?first part of the mandibles



10Which of the following is mismatched?
A)Class Remipedia?recently described taxon of only ten species
B)Class Branchiopoda?mostly freshwater forms such as cladocerans, anostracans, and notostracans.
C)Subclass Ostracoda?enclosed in a bivalve carapace, resembling tiny clams
D)Subclass Copepoda?some species form the most abundant animals in the oceans
E)Subclass Cirripedia?crabs, crayfish, and lobsters



11The Class Malacostraca is the largest class of Crustacea and shows tremendous diversity.
A)True
B)False



12Isopods are one of the few crustacean groups to have successfully invaded terrestrial habitats in addition to freshwater and seawater habitats.
A)True
B)False



13Which of the following is a correct statement about the Order Decapoda?
A)They have three pairs of maxillipeds
B)They have five pairs of walking legs
C)The first walking leg is usually modified into large pincers (chelae)
D)Crabs have a wider cephalothorax than crayfish and lobster
E)All of the above are correct



14Which of the following are associated with crustaceans?
A)Antennal glands
B)Nauplius larvae
C)Mandibles
D)Cephalothorax
E)All of the above are associated with crustaceans



15Among the Crustacea, the Remipedia seem to have the most ancestral characteristics, with 25-38 trunk segments all bearing paired, biramous swimming appendages that are essentially alike.
A)True
B)False



16The adaptive diversification demonstrated by crustaceans is great.
A)True
B)False



17In the Crustacea, which of the following is under hormonal control?
A)Premolt period
B)Postmolt period
C)Change in body color
D)Expression of sexual characteristics
E)All of the above are correct



18We now know that the branches of arthropod limbs are determined genetically.
A)True
B)False







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