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Which animal has antennae and five pairs of legs?
Crustaceans
Crustaceans, like lobsters, crabs, and shrimp, have two or three body segments. They often have three pairs of appendages for chewing, and at least five pairs of legs. Crustaceans are the only arthropods that have two pairs of antennae.
What crustaceans have pincers?
Pincers. Crabs, lobsters, and some other crustaceans have pincers at the front of their bodies, which they can use to pick up or grab prey.
Do prawns have antennae?
Prawn has one pair of antennae, one on either side, just below the antennules. They are sensory, excretory and balancing in function. Antennules are attached on either side, below the bases of eye stalks. They are tactile in function.
Does a crab have pincers?
Crabs have ten legs, five along each side of the body. The pair of legs in the front has evolved to become pincers that the crab can use for defense or to feed itself. In some crabs, the pincers are of roughly equal size, but in other species, such as the fiddler crab, one pincer is much larger than the other.
What are antennae and antennule in hermit crabs?
Antennae: two pairs of sensory organs used to gather information regarding a hermit crabs surroundings. Antenna – the longer outer pair often referred to as “feelers” used to touch and feel what is in the crabs path. Antennule – the inner “bent” pair which enable the crab to taste and smell…
What is the function of the small claw in a crab?
Small claw – the smaller right claw which is most often used in feeding and scooping water up to the crabs maxillipeds. Pereiopods: legs.
What kind of bug has pincers on the tail?
Earwigs are the only large group that have well-developed “pincers” on the tail instead of on the head as mouth-parts. You can almost always identify this bug by these unique pincers. The brown recluse spider usually has a violin-shaped mark on its back; for this reason it’s sometimes called the “fiddleback spider.”