The Lobster | 台北市立動物園資訊網
2015年11月14日—coulditbethatthelobsterissimilartoacommoncockroach?Aresomeofuseatinginsectmeatfordinner?!TheAmericanLobster,Homarus ...
Living in Maine, where lobsters are available left and right, I’ve always thought that they resembled something I’ve seen before…something I’ve seen way too many times and never particularly enjoyed. Those exoskeletons…the many legs….the antennae…could it be that the lobster is similar to a common cockroach? Are some of us eating insect meat for dinner?! The American Lobster, Homarus americanus, is a crustacean found along the Atlantic coast of North America. Crustaceans shares a common ancestor with all insects, including the household cockroach, Blattaria.
The American cockroach (image: Gary Alpert, CC by 2.5)Insects and crustaceans belong to the phylum Arthropoda. The class Insecta, contains insects (no way!) such as mosquitos, beetles, and ants. Insects all have six legs, two antennae, three body parts, and most have two pairs of wings. The six legs of a cockroach serve as a locomotor system, which gives them the ability to run under couches, refrigerators, or old ...