Arthropod

one of a group of invertebrate animals with jointed bodies and limbs that includes insects, spiders, scorpions, mites, and centipedes (A4, C4)

Anchialine pond

a brackish or saltwater pool with no surface connection to the ocean (C3)

Alien

a species not native to a particular area (A3, C4, R5)

Adaptation

a change in an organism or species that enables it to survive in a particular habitat (A3, C3, R3, M2, M3)

Abiogenic

from a nonliving source, as sand that comes from rock (C1)