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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

simple seta

Animals; Crustaceans

Shaft thin, usually naked, but sometimes with small denticles scattered over shaft; post-annular part often bent at an angle; socket prominent; annulus sometimes not apparent; pore sometimes present.

plumodenticulate seta

Animals; Crustaceans

Shaft usually quite thin, but always gradually tapering distally and often with setules confined to pre-annular region and denticles to post-annular; setules often long and thin, but sometimes short ...

spiniform seta

Animals; Crustaceans

Shaft very stout; very broadly basally; surface smooth and unarmed; pore may be present.

infra-gastro-orbital carina

Animals; Crustaceans

Short lateral carina ventral to gastro-orbital carina on carapace of shrimps of genus Notostomus.

gastrofrontal carina

Animals; Crustaceans

Short longitudinal ridge extending posteriorly from the ventral extremity of the orbital region.

adont hinge

Animals; Crustaceans

Single element hinge, bar on one valve fits into groove of other valve.

retinaculae

Animals; Crustaceans

Small hooks on an appendage, used to link the left and right members of a pair of appendages.

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