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The 54 pages that link to Carapace, each with the reason it gives.

• DecapodaRelated: The decapod carapace covers the cephalothorax and shelters the gills.

• CrabRelated: The crab’s broad carapace shields much of its body.

• ElytronCompared with: Elytra look shell-like but are paired, modified wings rather than a body-wide shell.

• CrustaceaRelated: In many crustaceans it covers the head and thorax and can shelter the gills.

• MalacostracaRelated: Many malacostracans have a carapace covering the head and thorax.

• AnomuraRelated: Its shape and coverage help distinguish anomuran groups and their body regions.

• BrachyuraRelated: The crab’s broad carapace covers the thorax to which its legs attach.

• ScuteBroader topic: The scutes on a turtle’s back cover the carapace.

• LobsterBroader topic: This shield protects the lobster’s cephalothorax and encloses its gill chambers.

• TurtleBroader topic: It is the shell’s dorsal structure and incorporates expanded ribs and vertebrae.

• Turtle shellBroader topic: Expanded ribs and vertebrae contribute to this upper shell, which protects the back and internal organs.

• TestudinesBroader topic: It forms the upper shell and incorporates expanded vertebrae and ribs.

• ShrimpBroader topic: The shrimp’s carapace protects its cephalothorax and gills.

• King crabRelated: Its spines and shape are prominent features used to identify king crab species.

• DaphniaRelated: Daphnia's transparent carapace encloses most of its body while leaving the head exposed.

• GlyptodonRelated: The domed carapace was Glyptodon's most conspicuous armor.

• Squat lobsterRelated: Its flattened shape helps give squat lobsters their characteristic profile.

• ZoeaRelated: The enlarged carapace is a conspicuous part of many zoeae.

• Hawksbill sea turtleBroader topic: Hawksbill carapace scutes overlap, creating the shell pattern prized in tortoiseshell trade.

• PortunidaeRelated: Its shape and side margins help distinguish portunid genera and species.

• AmphipodaRelated: The absence of this covering is a defining feature distinguishing amphipods from many other crustaceans.

• DecapodRelated: The decapod carapace protects the cephalothorax and partly encloses the gills.

• MajoideaRelated: The shape and armature of the carapace help characterize many majoid crabs.

• Aldabra giant tortoiseRelated: Its domed carapace is a defining part of its body.

• Alligator snapping turtleRelated: Three prominent rows of scutes give its carapace a rugged, ridged profile.

• Japanese spider crabRelated: Its broad, spiny carapace protects the crab’s central body.

• Red-eared sliderRelated: Its patterned carapace is a defining feature used to identify sliders.

• StenopodideaRelated: Its grooves and spines provide useful characters for identifying stenopodideans.

• ArchelonRelated: Archelon's carapace was reduced to a framework of bones rather than a solid shell.

• Galápagos tortoiseBroader topic: Its shape varies among Galápagos populations and is central to their familiar saddleback and domed forms.

• Ghost crabRelated: Its broad carapace shields the crab while it runs across exposed sand.

• Loggerhead sea turtleRelated: Loggerhead shell shape and scutes help identify the species.

• OstracodRelated: An ostracod’s carapace consists of two hinged valves that enclose most of its body.

• ProganochelysBroader topic: Its ribs and vertebrae are incorporated into Proganochelys’s upper shell.

• Red king crabRelated: Its spiny carapace is a conspicuous feature used to identify the species.

• CladoceraRelated: Most cladocerans have a bivalved carapace enclosing the trunk and brood chamber.

• NotostracaRelated: The broad carapace is the most conspicuous feature of a notostracan.

• African spurred tortoiseRelated: Its high-domed, tan carapace is a defining feature of the species.

• Cancer pagurusRelated: Its broad, reddish-brown carapace is a defining feature of the species.

• Carcinus maenasRelated: Its shell color varies, so green crab identification relies on more than its name.

• ChionoecetesRelated: Its width and shape are used to describe and identify Chionoecetes species.

• CumaceaRelated: In cumaceans, the carapace covers the thorax and helps define the body outline.

• Diamondback terrapinBroader topic: The terrapin's patterned carapace gives the species its common name.

• DromiidaeRelated: The carried covering lies over the dromiid’s carapace and can obscure its outline.

• Grapsus grapsusRelated: Its broad carapace protects the crab while it moves over exposed rocks.

• HippoideaRelated: The carapace is a conspicuous part of the body plan modified across hippoid lineages.

• Maja squinadoBroader topic: Its spiny carapace is a conspicuous identifying feature.

• RhynchocinetidaeRelated: The rostrum hinges from the front of the carapace.

• StupendemysBroader topic: Fossil carapaces provide the most direct evidence for Stupendemys's extraordinary size.

• ThylacocephalaRelated: Their most conspicuous feature is a large, two-valved carapace.