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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
gastric caecae
Animals; Crustaceans
Long coiled caecae arising from the gut wall whose function may be absorptive or osmoregulatory.
orbital-antennal sulcus
Animals; Crustaceans
Longitudinal or oblique depression between the orbital margin and the hepatic spine.
branchiostegal carina
Animals; Crustaceans
Longitudinal ridge extending along anteroventral part of carapace, usually continuous with branchiostegal spine.
anterolateral carina
Animals; Crustaceans
Longitudinal ridge extending along the anterior part of carapace, ventral to gastro-orbital carina.
posterior chamber
Animals; Crustaceans
Made up of the terminal portion of the foregut and the anterior portion of the midgut; often called the pyloric stomach.
oral appendages
Animals; Crustaceans
Maxilliped-like appendages of first the thoracomere in cirripedes.
rostral spine
Animals; Crustaceans
Median spine resembling a rostrum, adjacent to frontal margin of carapace on shrimps or genus Argis.
