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  • 1. What class do crustaceans belong to?
A) Insecta
B) Arachnida
C) Diplopoda
D) Malacostraca
  • 2. Which crustacean is known for its powerful claw used for defense?
A) Crayfish
B) Lobster
C) Barnacle
D) Shrimp
  • 3. What is the name of the hard outer shell that covers the bodies of crustaceans?
A) Shellac
B) Endoskeleton
C) Carapace
D) Exoskeleton
  • 4. What is the largest species of crab in the world?
A) Dungeness crab
B) Japanese spider crab
C) Blue crab
D) Coconut crab
  • 5. What is the name of the process in which crustaceans shed their exoskeleton in order to grow?
A) Reproduction
B) Hibernation
C) Molting
D) Camouflage
  • 6. Which crustacean is known for its ability to produce a loud snapping sound by closing its claws quickly?
A) Pistol shrimp
B) Alaskan king crab
C) Rock crab
D) Ghost shrimp
  • 7. What is the specialized appendage that some crustaceans use to clean their gills called?
A) Scaphognathite
B) Uropods
C) Pereopods
D) Chelipeds
  • 8. Which crustacean is commonly associated with freshwater habitats?
A) Lobster
B) Crayfish
C) Shrimp
D) King crab
  • 9. Which crustacean is often called a 'living fossil' due to its similar appearance over millions of years?
A) Dungeness crab
B) Coconut crab
C) Horseshoe crab
D) Snow crab
  • 10. What is the name of the long, segmented appendages found on a crayfish's tail?
A) Swimmerets
B) Maxillipeds
C) Uropods
D) Chelipeds
  • 11. How many legs do most crustaceans have?
A) 8
B) 10
C) 4
D) 6
  • 12. What is the scientific term for the study of crustaceans?
A) Entomology
B) Malacology
C) Carcinology
D) Arachnology
  • 13. What is the scientific order that includes crustaceans such as crabs, lobsters, and shrimp?
A) Artiodactyla
B) Carnivora
C) Primates
D) Decapoda
  • 14. Which crustacean is known for its bright, vibrant colors and powerful punch?
A) Rock crab
B) Ghost shrimp
C) Mantis shrimp
D) Pistol shrimp
  • 15. What is the primary diet of a barnacle?
A) Algae
B) Detritus
C) Small fish
D) Plankton
  • 16. Which crustacean is known for its bright red color and is often associated with seafood boils?
A) Bear
B) Fox
C) Wolf
D) Crawfish
  • 17. What is the meaning of the Latin word 'crustacea'?
A) Small aquatic animals
B) Invertebrates without exoskeletons
C) Those with shells or crusted ones
D) Animals with multiple legs
  • 18. Which group of arthropods do crustaceans belong to?
A) Class Insecta
B) Phylum Annelida
C) Order Araneae
D) Subphylum Crustacea
  • 19. Which clade includes both crustaceans and hexapods?
A) Pancrustacea
B) Mandibulata
C) Arachnida
D) Chelicerata
  • 20. Which of the following is not a class closely related to hexapods?
A) Oligostracans
B) Cephalocarida
C) Remipedia
D) Branchiopoda
  • 21. What is the smallest described crustacean species?
A) Japanese spider crab
B) American lobster
C) Stygotantulus stocki
D) Giant freshwater prawn
  • 22. Which feature distinguishes crustaceans from other arthropods?
A) Segmented body
B) Moulting process
C) Biramous limbs
D) Exoskeleton
  • 23. What is the main body cavity of crustaceans called?
A) Coelom
B) Peritoneum
C) Haemocoel
D) Mesentery
  • 24. Which pigment do malacostracans use for oxygen transport?
A) Cytochrome c
B) Myoglobin
C) Hemoglobin
D) Haemocyanin
  • 25. Which country produces nearly half of the world's total crustacean output?
A) Japan
B) India
C) China
D) USA
  • 26. When did shrimp and crabs first appear in the fossil record?
A) Triassic
B) Carboniferous
C) Jurassic
D) Cretaceous
  • 27. Which crustaceans attach their eggs in rows to rocks and other objects?
A) Peracarids
B) Anostracans
C) Copepods
D) Female Branchiura
  • 28. Which fossil burrow is attributed to crayfishes?
A) Ophiomorpha
B) Camborygma
C) Nurra
D) Tesnusocaris
  • 29. Which crustacean group is not widely consumed despite its large biomass?
A) Shrimp and prawns
B) Crabs
C) Lobsters
D) Krill
  • 30. Which subclass was suggested to be elevated to class status in recent classifications?
A) Mystacocarida
B) Branchiura
C) Copepoda
D) Maxillipoda
  • 31. Which class of crustaceans first appears in the fossil record with Tesnusocaris goldichi?
A) Malacostraca
B) Remipedia
C) Maxillopoda
D) Branchiopoda
  • 32. Which period saw the great radiation of crustaceans, particularly crabs?
A) Cretaceous
B) Cambrian
C) Jurassic
D) Permian
  • 33. Who first used the name 'Crustacea' in a nomenclatural valid work?
A) Guillaume Rondelet
B) Carl Linnaeus
C) Morten Thrane BrĂ¼nnich
D) Pierre Belon
  • 34. Which extinct group of crustaceans is part of the Phyllopoda class?
A) Canadaspidida
B) Aeschronectida
C) Leptostraca
D) Mantis shrimp
  • 35. Which type of crustaceans are known for being parasitic?
A) Krill
B) Woodlice
C) Crustacean lice
D) Peracarids
  • 36. Which crustacean class has no known fossil record?
A) Branchiopoda
B) Maxillopoda
C) Cephalocarida
D) Malacostraca
  • 37. Which period's deposits preserve the oldest fluvial burrows ascribed to ghost shrimps?
A) Permian: Roadian
B) Triassic
C) Jurassic
D) Cretaceous
  • 38. What is parthenogenesis in crustaceans?
A) Males and females switch roles during reproduction.
B) Eggs are fertilized externally in the water.
C) Crustaceans reproduce through fragmentation.
D) Viable eggs are produced by a female without fertilization by a male.
  • 39. What is the function of the 'gastric mill' in crustaceans?
A) Oxygenating blood
B) Grinding food
C) Absorbing nutrients
D) Excreting waste
  • 40. Where is the heart located in crustaceans?
A) Near the dorsum
B) In the abdomen
C) At the base of the antennae
D) Within the cephalothorax
  • 41. What is a common reproductive strategy among crustaceans?
A) Sexual reproduction
B) Spore formation
C) Binary fission
D) Budding
  • 42. Which crustacean has males that choose mates based on dietary differences?
A) T. californicus
B) Cephalocarida
C) Eriocheir sinensis
D) Hemigrapsus sanguineus
  • 43. Which class was recognized as non-monophyletic in recent classifications?
A) Branchiopoda
B) Malacostraca
C) Ostracoda
D) Maxillopoda
  • 44. Which DNA repair process is predominantly used by Penaeus monodon for double-strand breaks?
A) Microhomology-mediated end joining
B) Non-homologous end joining
C) Homologous recombinational repair
D) Base excision repair
  • 45. What is the earliest and most characteristic larval form of crustaceans?
A) Zoea
B) Post-larva
C) Nauplius
D) Megalopa
  • 46. What percentage of all crustaceans caught for consumption are shrimp and prawns?
A) Nearly 80%
B) About 50%
C) Over 60%
D) Under 30%
  • 47. Which crustacean appendages are typically biramous?
A) All appendages in all classes
B) Second pair of antennae and other limbs except the first pair
C) No appendages
D) First pair of antennae only
  • 48. What is a unique feature of barnacles' reproductive system?
A) They have external fertilization in open water.
B) Some are hermaphrodites.
C) They change sex during their life.
D) They reproduce only through parthenogenesis.
  • 49. Which crustacean's DNA damage response was studied after ultraviolet irradiation?
A) Homarus americanus
B) Penaeus monodon
C) Daphnia pulex
D) Tigriopus japonicus
  • 50. How do most decapods carry their eggs?
A) Between thoracic limbs
B) In thin-walled sacs
C) Attached to the pleopods
D) In external ovisacs
  • 51. What is the function of pleopods in malacostracans?
A) Antennae for sensing
B) Mouthparts for feeding
C) Legs for walking
D) Abdominal appendages
  • 52. From which period do the first true mantis shrimp fossils appear?
A) Cambrian
B) Jurassic
C) Triassic
D) Carboniferous
  • 53. What is a significant impact of crustacean invasions in the Mediterranean?
A) They improve water quality.
B) They affect local ecosystems.
C) They increase biodiversity.
D) They have no noticeable effect.
  • 54. Name a group of crustaceans that have adapted to terrestrial life.
A) Coral reef fish
B) Deep-sea shrimp
C) Terrestrial crabs
D) Marine lobsters
  • 55. How many described species are there in the subphylum Crustacea?
A) Less than 10,000
B) About 50,000
C) Over 100,000
D) Almost 67,000
  • 56. What is the function of spikes on a zoea's carapace?
A) Increase speed during swimming
B) Provide camouflage against predators
C) Assist in maintaining directional swimming
D) Serve as sensory organs
  • 57. What substance covers the eyes of some crustacean larvae for camouflage?
A) Isoxanthopterin
B) Calcium carbonate
C) Protein fibers
D) Chitin
  • 58. Which crustaceans are attributed to the fossil burrow Ophiomorpha?
A) Ghost shrimps
B) Prawns
C) Crayfishes
D) Crabs
  • 59. What type of environment do most crustaceans inhabit?
A) Aquatic
B) Aerial
C) Terrestrial only
D) Desert
  • 60. When did prawns and polychelids first appear in the fossil record?
A) Cretaceous
B) Carboniferous
C) Triassic
D) Jurassic
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