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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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naupliar shield

Animals; Crustaceans

The expanse of the exoskeleton of an unspecified number of somites, uninterrupted by arthrodial membranes, and covering the dorsal and lateral part of the naupliar body.

formation seta

Animals; Crustaceans

The first dorsal and/or first ventral seta that forms during development of a segment. The first dorsal seta of an exopodal segment often forms before the first ventral seta, and the first ventral ...

first-stage lobster

Animals; Crustaceans

The first of three free-swimming larval stages of a true lobster; corresponds to the mysis stage of a penaeid shrimp.

baseoendopod

Animals; Crustaceans

The fused basis and endopod, particularly of the fifth leg in harpacticoids.

mandibular stylet

Animals; Crustaceans

The gnathobase of siphonostomatoids, modified as a slender process.

endopodal lobe

Animals; Crustaceans

The inner lobe of the baseoendopod of the fifth leg, derived from the endopod.

fronto-orbital distance

Animals; Crustaceans

The interval between the outer orbital angles of crabs.

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