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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
bathypelagic
Animals; Crustaceans
Zone in the ocean deeper than 1000 m below the surface, or pertaining to its inhabitants.
epipelagic
Animals; Crustaceans
Zone usually in the ocean from surface to 200m, or referring to its inhabitants.
stenopodous
Animals; Crustaceans
Term referring to a walking leg with relatively stout, cylindrical articles.
egg nauplius
Animals; Crustaceans
Term referring to the naupliar larval stage when passed through as part of a longer period of embryonic development (or a long brood period) in species with yolky eggs.
mesial process
Animals; Crustaceans
Terminal process located mesially on modified first pleopod (gonopod) of male cambarid crayfishes.
