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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
ungulus
Animals; Crustaceans
In thoracopod, elongate, claw-shaped tip of last segment (dactylus) of endopod.
wall
Animals; Crustaceans
In unstalked barnacle, calcareous wall surrounding body; closed dorsally by operculum. Consists of series of up to eight overlapping/articulating compartmental plates (from anterior to posterior: ...
hinge margin
Animals; Crustaceans
In valve, dorsal margin adjoining hinge (as opposed to free = anterior, ventral, and posterior margins).
metamorphic
Animals; Crustaceans
In which noticeable morphological changes occur during larval development.
aquaculture
Animals; Crustaceans
Large-scale cultivation of aquatic organisms under controlled conditions, for use of food or for other economic purposes.
