Rock Lobster Module

PART ONE Rock Lobster Module

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1. What is the scientific name and common name of the Rock Lobster you are to be assessed on? *

2. How many pairs of legs does a rock lobster have? *

3. What is the function/purpose of the gonad? *

4. Female rock lobsters have a genital pore on their third pair of legs. However, males have their genital pores on which pair of legs? *

5. Do male rock lobsters have grooming claws? *

6. The minimum tail width for a MALE rock lobster is at least __ mm? *

7. Female lobsters have biramous [or double] pleopods to keep her eggs aerated. Male lobsters have _____ pleopods. *

8. What are captive rock lobsters usually fed? *

9. Female lobsters can only mate when their carapace is? *

10. Once a mate has been selected, courtship can last up to? *

11. Large female lobsters can carry up to 500,000 fertilised eggs. She must protect them for between 3 and __ months before they hatch. *

12. The phyllosoma stage.............. *

13. What is the function/purpose of the brain? *

14. The juvenile stage lasts for 4 to __ years. *

15. What is the function/purpose of the kidney? *

16. What are gonads? *

18. What do the otolith rings show us? *

19. What does catadromous mean? *

20. How many times do eels breed? *

21. What does leptocephalus mean? *

22. What signifies the change from glass eels to elvers? *

23. What happens to adults after they spawn? *

24. What is another name for a migrant adult? *

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