Species 1 and Species 2 pictured here are both referred to as crabs because of...

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Species 1 and Species 2 pictured here are both referred to as crabs because of their similar body plan: they have a short tail region and a widehead/body region (the cephalothorax). However, both evolved their crab-like bodies long after they split from their last common ancestor, whichprobably looked more like your typical lobster. This evidence suggests that the crab-like body found in each of these species is an example of:A. divergent evolutionB. convergent evolutionC. homologous structuresD. vestigial structuresE artifcial selection

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