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S: INHSCC – https://crustacean.inhs.illinois.edu/astacology/ (last access: 13 May 2025); WildlifeT – https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/marine/crustaceans (last access: 13 May 2025).
N: 1. crustacean (n.): An animal of the class Crustacea, 1835; see “Crustacea” + “-an”. As an adjective, “of or pertaining to an animal of the class Crustacea,” 1858 (an earlier adjective was crustaceous, “pertaining to crust, crust-like,” 1640s).
2. crustacean. Also known as Crustacea.
- crustacean, any member of the subphylum Crustacea (phylum Arthropoda), a group of invertebrate animals consisting of some 45,000 species distributed worldwide. Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and wood lice are among the best-known crustaceans, but the group also includes an enormous variety of other forms without popular names. Crustaceans are generally aquatic and differ from other arthropods in having two pairs of appendages (antennules and antennae) in front of the mouth and paired appendages near the mouth that function as jaws. Because there are many exceptions to the basic features, however, a satisfactory inclusive definition of all the Crustacea is extraordinarily hard to frame.
3. Size range and diversity of structure
The largest crustaceans belong to the Decapoda, a large order (about 10,000 species) that includes the American lobster, which can reach a weight of 20 kilograms (44 pounds), and the giant Japanese spider crab, which has legs that can span up to 3.7 metres (12 feet). At the other end of the scale, some of the water fleas (class Branchiopoda), such as Alonella, reach lengths of less than 0.25 millimetre (0.009 inch), and many members of the subclass Copepoda are less than one millimetre in length. The range of structure is reflected in the complex classification of the group. Some of the parasitic forms are so modified and specialized as adults that they can only be recognized as crustaceans by features of their life histories.
4. Crustaceans: crustacean.
- An animal belonging to the class Crustacea.
- Crustacea: A large class of Arthropodous animals, mostly aquatic, characterized by a hard, close-fitting, usually chitinous shell or ‘crust’ which is shed periodically; comprising crabs, lobsters, crayfish, prawns, shrimps, and many others.
5. Cultural Interrelation: We can mention the novel
S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=crustacean (last access: 13 May 2025). 2 & 3. EncBrit (last access: 13 May 2025). 4. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 13 May 2025). 5. Amazon (last access: 15 May 2025).
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CR: arthropod, chitin, edible crab, Mediterranean slipper lobster, mollusk, scampi, spider crab, spiny lobster.
