Crustaceans

Crustaceans

Any member of the class of arthropods that includes lobsters, crabs, shrimps, wood lice, water fleas, and barnacles.

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Animals; Crustaceans

# Anteriormost part of body carrying eyes, not considered to be true cephalic somite. # Anteriormost part of the body carrying the eyes; not considered true cephalic somite. # Anterior segment of ...

hard crab

Animals; Crustaceans

Any crab that has not recently molted and is very hard, due to compounds of calcium and other minerals in the shell.

latus

Animals; Crustaceans

Any of lepadomorph capitular plates except paired scuta and terga and unpaired rostrum, carina, subrostrum, and subcarina. Smaller plates in basal whorls below paired latera referred to as lower ...

abdominal somite

Animals; Crustaceans

# Any single division of body behind thorax. # Any single division of body between thorax and telson. # One of 11 segments of abdomen. First abdominal somite ( = 9th postcephalic segment) bears ...

# Appendage next behind maxillule serving functions in feeding and respiration. # One of a pair of two sets gnathal appendages situated immediately posteroventral to mandibles. # One of a pair of two ...