Crayfish Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: green glands : crayfish kidneys, excrete waste throughout the body, circulatory : open system, lacks any arteries or veins, blood is pumped into the hemocoel, gills : large, feathery structures used for gas exchange, connected to the base of the walking legs, swimmerets : aid in movement, located in the abdomen, used to determine the sex of the crayfish, cephalothorax : "head" region, anterior of the abdomen, contains 13 body segments, abdomen : second body section, has 6 segments, contains the swimmerets, photophore : light-producing organ in certain bio-luminescent animals, telson : middle of the uropods, bears the anus, long in horseshoe crabs, krill : shrimplike creatures, filter feeders, mostly bioluminescent, mandible : true jaws, located beneath the antennae, decapods : crab, lobster, and true shrimp belong in this group, exoskeleton : made of protein and chitin, protective layer, cirriped : feathery appendages, extends into water when shell opens, coea : larval stage in crabs and shrimp, palp : chelicerae used to capture prey, sensory structures, ovarian duct : crescent-shaped slit at the base of the third walking legs in female crayfish, chitin : complex carbohydrate, makes up the exoskeleton, carapace : shield of chitin, part of exoskeleton that covers the cephalothorax, molt : process in which animal sheds its old exoskeleton, coconut : type of crab, largest terrestrial arthropod, named after the hard-shelled fruit it eats