Question 9

(Multiple Choice)

The brackish-water shore crab


A)is a hyperosmotic regulator that maintains a higher salt concentration in their internal fluids than that found in the dilute seawater outside.
B)is a hypoosmotic regulator that maintains a lower salt concentration than the surrounding seawater.
C)tends to gain salt from the seawater.
D)is an osmotic conformer and is euryhaline.
E)is an osmotic conformer and is stenohaline.

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