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

• 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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