Migration – seasonal movement of animals from one region to another
Molt – shed old feathers, hair, skin, or an old shell, to make way for a new growth
Decapod – a crustacean with five pairs of thoracic appendages (legs), such as shrimp, lobsters and crabs.
Crustacean – largely aquatic arthropods that have an exoskeleton, a pair of often much modified appendages on each segment, and two pairs of antennae, such as lobsters, shrimp and crabs.
Planktonic – microscopic organisms that float in the ocean rather than living on the seafloor.
Fun Facts
Lobsters lay up to 75,000 eggs
Lobsters have 10 legs. The first pair are claws. The crusher claw is large and nubby. The other, the pincher claw, is long and sharp.
Lobsters are right and left handed like people. The dominant claw is usually the crusher claw.
Lobsters are the largest crustaceans in CT.
When a lobster molts, it will often eat the old shell to recoup the nutrients.
