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Crustaceans are members of the sub-phylum Crustacea, a large group of arthropods (55,000 species). They include various familiar animals, such as lobsters , crabs , shrimp and barnacles . They are variously found in marine and freshwater, with a few terrestrial members (such as woodlice ).
Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (/ k r ə ˈ s t eɪ ʃ ə /), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill ...
The following is a list of types of seafood. Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans. It prominently includes shellfish, and roe. Shellfish include various species of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms. In most parts of the world, fish are generally not considered seafood even if they are from the sea.
Abludomelita obtusata, an amphipod. Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea (/ k r ə ˈ s t eɪ ʃ ə /), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods ...
The pages in this category are redirects from the vernacular ("common") names of crustaceans to the scientific names. These pages are a subset of all redirects to scientific names. To add a redirect to this category, place {{Rcat shell|{{R to scientific name|1=crustacean}}}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page ...
The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus was chosen as the state crustacean of Maryland in 1989. [17] C. sapidus is a crab found in the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific coast of Central America and the Gulf of Mexico. The blue crab may grow to a carapace width of 230 mm (9.1 in).
"The Galatheidea (Crustacea Anomura) of the Allan Hancock Atlantic Expedition with a review of the Porcellanidae of the western North Atlantic" (PDF). Allan Hancock Atlantic Expedition Reports. 8: 1–44. Caetano da Costa, Rogério; Fransozo, Adilson; Schmidt Melo, Gustavo Augusto; de Morais Freire, Fúlvio Aurélio (2003).
Prehistoric crustaceans Cambrian · Ordovician · Silurian · Devonian · Carboniferous · Permian · Triassic · Jurassic · Cretaceous · Paleocene · Eocene · Oligocene · Miocene See also: Category:Extinct crustaceans