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Crustaceans
Any member of the class of arthropods that includes lobsters, crabs, shrimps, wood lice, water fleas, and barnacles.
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Crustaceans
finishing arthrodial membrane
Animals; Crustaceans
An arthrodial membrane which completes a segment and whose formation defines the location of the segment along the proximodistal axis of a limb. The finishing arthrodial membrane usually is the ...
epizoism
Animals; Crustaceans
An association in which animals live on others for substrate requirements.
proximodistal axis
Animals; Crustaceans
An imaginary line through the insertion of a limb on its somite, and the tip of the limb; on biramous limbs, the proximodistal axis is duplicated through each ramus.
anterioposterior axis
Animals; Crustaceans
An imaginary line through the rostral area of the head and the anal segment.
orbital border
Animals; Crustaceans
Anterior margin of the orbital region and the free margin below the eye anterior to the subhepatic region.
pleosome
Animals; Crustaceans
Anterior of two subdivisions (pleosome, urosome) of abdomen (pleon). Consists of three somites (pleomeres), each bearing pair of appendages (pleopods).
