A carapace is a dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids...
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Turtle shell (section Carapace)
strut are part of the plastron. On the carapace are the sutures into which they insert, known as the Bridge carapace suture. In the shell there is a turtle's...
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Carapace Nunatak (76°53′S 159°24′E / 76.883°S 159.400°E / -76.883; 159.400) is a prominent isolated nunatak, the most westerly near the head of Mackay...
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Glyptodon (section Carapace and osteoderms)
large, quadrapedral (four-legged), herbivorous armadillos with armored carapaces (top shell) that were made of hundreds of interconnected osteoderms (structures...
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shell is divided into the upper or dorsal carapace, and the lower, ventral carapace or plastron. The upper carapace consists of the vertebral scutes, which...
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The cephalothorax is covered by a carapace which protects the internal organs and the gills; the section of the carapace that projects in front of the eyes...
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water. Turtle shells are made mostly of bone; the upper part is the domed carapace, while the underside is the flatter plastron or belly-plate. Its outer...
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Triops longicaudatus (section Carapace)
characterized by an elongated, segmented body, a flattened shield-like brownish carapace covering two thirds of the thorax, and two long filaments on the abdomen...
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usually green fat found beneath its carapace, due to its diet strictly being seagrass, not to the color of its carapace, which is olive to black. The dorsoventrally...
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