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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

distolateral projection

Animals; Crustaceans

Distolateral, ventrally inclined projection or spur of the basis of the endopod of the male second pleopod.

dorsal process

Animals; Crustaceans

Dorsal forked projection of basal segment of maxillule.

pseudoperculum

Animals; Crustaceans

Dorsal outgrowth of posterior margin of penultimate urosomal somite.

dorsolateral lobule

Animals; Crustaceans

Dorsal part of the lateral lobe of the petasma.

tegmen

Animals; Crustaceans

Elaboration of outer layer of valve which overlaps and obscures underlying ornamentation.

median keel

Animals; Crustaceans

Elevated, longitudinal keel along midline of carapace; extends anteriorly to transverse cervical groove.

egg string

Animals; Crustaceans

Elongate ovisac characteristic of certain parasitic copepods.

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