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Cryptic Crustacean Conundrums: Krabby Lore
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- 1. Having a shape reminiscent of soft-bodied marine invertebrates
- 2. Describes decorative or aesthetic adaptations, often bright pigmentation
- 3. Process of periodic shedding of the exoskeleton for growth
- 5. Study of minimal environmental factors affecting species distribution
- 10. Stomach stone aiding digestion within certain crustaceans
- 11. Pertaining to creatures with hinged two-part shells, unlike true crabs
- 15. Walking legs extending from the thorax of decapods
- 17. Order of ten-legged crustaceans including the Krabby archetype
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- 4. Method of separating dissolved substances, here a play on gill function
- 6. Specialist in the study of crabs and related crustaceans
- 7. Pincer-like appendages characterizing arthropod predation
- 8. Rigid external armor providing structural support and defense
- 9. Concealed by resemblance to the surrounding environment to evade predators
- 12. Pertaining to deposited particles forming the ocean floor habitat
- 13. Subphylum including shrimp, lobsters, and crabs, identified by gills
- 14. Cryptic name for a fictitious species combining bird and crustacean traits
- 16. Relating to the clawed forelimbs used for grasping and defense
- 18. Infraorder encompassing true crabs characterized by short abdomens
- 19. Protective dorsal shell encasing the cephalothorax segment