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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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rasp
Animals; Crustaceans
One or several rows of chitinous plates or scales on surface of pereopodal or uropodal segments.
digestive diverticulum
Animals; Crustaceans
One or two pairs of digestive glands opening into digestive tract at border of stomach and midgut.
distoventral projection
Animals; Crustaceans
Outer distal flap articulating with the distal extremity of ventrolateral lobule of petasma in members of the genus Metapenaeopsis.
third maxillipeds
Animals; Crustaceans
Outermost pair of mouth parts of a decapod crustacean; used, with the assistance of two other pairs of maxillipeds and two pairs of maxillae, for holding food until it can be pushed into the ...
mucous gland
Animals; Crustaceans
Gland located in proximal part (protopod) of each limb; empties through duct opening near endites.
spinneret
Animals; Crustaceans
Gland, located in forehead and opening to exterior via seta-like exopod of antenna. Secretes thread-like material used in locomotion.
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