Physical Description:
Tiger prawns have a tiger pattern across their abdomen and white strips they have light grey and brown antenna.
Phylum:
The Tiger Prawn is in the phylum crustaceans. Also in this phylum are crabs and crayfish.
Lifecycle:
Tiger prawns start as an egg and this floats around for a while. After it hatches it sheds its skin a number times and after it turns into a prawn it swims in the ocean currents. Adult prawns release gametes into the water to reproduce.
Habitat:
Tiger prawns live in the indo-pacific, the eastern coast of Africa to up to South Asia
Diet:
Tiger prawns eat plankton, both plant plankton (phytoplankton)
Adaptations:
They have a flexible tail like a crayfish and ten legs for swimming. Prawns also have a stalk with its eye on it for 180 degree vision.
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Tiger prawns have a tiger pattern across their abdomen and white strips they have light grey and brown antenna.
Phylum:
The Tiger Prawn is in the phylum crustaceans. Also in this phylum are crabs and crayfish.
Lifecycle:
Tiger prawns start as an egg and this floats around for a while. After it hatches it sheds its skin a number times and after it turns into a prawn it swims in the ocean currents. Adult prawns release gametes into the water to reproduce.
Habitat:
Tiger prawns live in the indo-pacific, the eastern coast of Africa to up to South Asia
Diet:
Tiger prawns eat plankton, both plant plankton (phytoplankton)
Adaptations:
They have a flexible tail like a crayfish and ten legs for swimming. Prawns also have a stalk with its eye on it for 180 degree vision.
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