The turtle's carapace protected it from predators and from the hot sun.    From LearnThat.org. 

That's when that one claw grows really big and the main carapace grows into a very bulbous shape.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cost of Crossing the border at Brownsville] Reference

If the carapace is shorter than the gauge, the lobster must immediately be released back to the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News] Reference

They get to about 50 cm in carapace length and have three low keels running the length of the carapace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference

Soft-shell turtles actually do have a shell, called a carapace, that is not as hard as those on other turtles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kansas City Star: Front Page] Reference

That's the length of the carapace, which is the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lobster Chronicles: Life On a Very Small Island] Reference

The plastron (lower shell) is lifted off, and in the carapace is a rich, thick soup.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference

The arachnid’s carapace is too tough, however, and his weapon glances off uselessly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Session 1: Every New Beginning « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference

I love the word carapace!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dress or carapace? - A Dress A Day] Reference

We also have a heart crab which has a heart shape on its carapace, which is its shell. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Oregon Coast Travel, Tourism, Science, Entertainment News - Breaking News from the Oregon Coast] Reference

Their bodies are completely enclosed in a calcified, bivalved carapace which is hinged dorsally.    From Wordnik.com.  [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference

Ashdown declares himself fascinated by the "carapace" of civilisation under which mankind lives.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

She had a glimpse of tiny legs and a shiny carapace.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fire Upon the Deep]

But she was also lonely and vulnerable under that carapace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death of a Scriptwriter]

Ostracods are small crustaceans enclosed in a bivalved carapace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crustacea] Reference

They can extend their second antennae out of the carapace to swim.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crustacea] Reference

The females often swim about with the male holding onto her carapace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crustacea] Reference

Their skin was dark, like a beetle's carapace, but soft as Jory's own.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Saturn Game]

The turtle shell is divided into an upper carapace and lower plastron.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turtle] Reference

They have relatively small plastrons that lack a hinge to the carapace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reptile families] Reference

There are craters within craters on his vaguely metallic-looking carapace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ilium]

The shell was but a crab's carapace, grown, hardened, shed and grown again.    From Wordnik.com.  [To The Hilt]

It reminded me of a beetle's carapace as he lowered his head into his shoulders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shaman's Crossing]

How dreary to see this life project handed over to the carapace of un-imagination.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last American Philosopher?] Reference

Tadpole shrimp have a large, flattened carapace that covers their head and thorax.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crustacea] Reference

The plastron is reduced, and the bridge between the plastron and carapace is narrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reptile families] Reference

The two gland openings are situated where the skin meets the underside of the carapace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reptile families] Reference

Some wriggled, smooth plaques of carapace grinding against the glassy rock of the tunnels.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

Members of this family have big heads, powerful jaws, long tails, and a shield-like carapace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reptile families] Reference

The hands were backed with carapace-claws and every edge of his figure was razor sharp and spined.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fire Upon the Deep]

The brood chamber is located dorsally in the carapace and is used to hold the eggs until they hatch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crustacea] Reference

Areas are also closed when the proportion of minimum-size shrimp (15 mm carapace length) is too high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fisheries and aquaculture in the Northeast Atlantic (Barents and Norwegian Seas)] Reference

They are small, laterally compressed crustaceans with a shrimp-like appearance, but without a carapace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crustacea] Reference

They are dorsoventrally flattened and their carapace has been widened to cover most of their appendages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crustacea] Reference

Down slippery strands slid the Tukar'ramin, a great glistening mass of polished steel and grainy carapace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tides Of Light]

Unlike most turtles, the carapace of a softshell is covered with leathery skin instead of keratinized plates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reptile families] Reference