#crustacean any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
supertype: #arthropod invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
part: #green_gland #nipper
member of: #class_Crustacea
subtype: #malacostracan_crustacean__malacostracancrustacean a major subclass of crustaceans
subtype: #krill shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales
subtype: #Euphausia_pacifica food for jellyfish
subtype: #opossum_shrimp__opossumshrimp shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs
subtype: #isopod any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
subtype: #woodlouse__slater any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
subtype: #pill_bug small terrestrial isopod with a convex segmented body that can roll up into a ball
subtype: #sow_bug__sowbug terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow)
subtype: #sea_louse__sealouse__sea_slater__seaslater marine isopod crustacean
subtype: #amphipod a kind of malacostracan crustacean
subtype: #beach_flea__beachflea__sand_hopper__sand_flea small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches
subtype: #skeleton_shrimp small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed
subtype: #whale_louse__whalelouse amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans
subtype: #decapod_crustacean__decapodcrustacean__decapod crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
subtype: #crab decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
subtype: #Menippe_mercenaria__stone_crab__stonecrab large edible crab of S coat of United States especially Florida
subtype: #hard-shell_crab edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell
subtype: #soft-shell_crab__soft-shelled_crab edible crab that has recently molted and not yet formed its new shell
subtype: #Cancer_magister__Dungeness_crab small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
subtype: #rock_crab__Cancer_irroratus crab of eastern coast of North America
subtype: #Jonah_crab__Cancer_borealis large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America
subtype: #swimming_crab marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming
subtype: #English_lady_crab__Portunus_puber crab of the English coasts
subtype: #American_lady_crab__lady_crab__calico_crab__Ovalipes_ocellatus brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the United States Atlantic coast
subtype: #Callinectes_sapidus__blue_crab bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America
subtype: #fiddler_crab__fiddlercrab burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male
subtype: #pea_crab__peacrab tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks
subtype: #oyster_crab__Pinnotheres_ostreum tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters
subtype: #Paralithodes_camtschatica__king_crab__Alaska_crab__Alaskan_king_crab__Alaska_king_crab large edible crab of North Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
subtype: #spider_crab any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies
subtype: #European_spider_crab__king_crab__Maja_squinado large European spider crab
subtype: #giant_crab__giantcrab__Macrocheira_kaempferi very large deep-water Japanese crab
subtype: #lobster any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
subtype: #true_lobster large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs
subtype: #Homarus_americanus__American_lobster__Northern_lobster__Maine_lobster lobster of Atlantic coast of America
subtype: #Homarus_vulgaris__European_lobster lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe
subtype: #Cape_lobster__Homarus_capensis small lobster of southern Africa
subtype: #Norway_lobster__Nephrops_norvegicus edible European lobster resembling the American lobster but slenderer
subtype: #crawfish__spiny_lobster__spinylobster__langouste__rock_lobster__crayfish__sea_crawfish__seacrawfish large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
subtype: #crawdaddy__crayfish__crawfish__crawdad small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
subtype: #Old_World_crayfish__ecrevisse small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America
subtype: #American_crayfish common large crayfishes of eastern North America
subtype: #hermit_crab small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods
subtype: #shrimp small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
subtype: #snapping_shrimp__pistol_shrimp small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae
subtype: #prawn shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible
subtype: #long-clawed_prawn__river_prawn__Palaemon_australis large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers
subtype: #tropical_prawn edible tropical and warm-water prawn
subtype: #brachyuran typical crabs
subtype: #stomatopod_crustacean__stomatopod a kind of crustacean
subtype: #mantis_shrimp__mantis_crab tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages
subtype: #squilla__mantis_prawn a kind of mantis shrimp
subtype: #branchiopod_crustacean__branchiopodcrustacean__branchiopod__branchiopodan aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding
subtype: #daphnia__water_flea__waterflea minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae
subtype: #fairy_shrimp__fairyshrimp small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back
subtype: #brine_shrimp__brineshrimp__Artemia_salina common to saline lakes
subtype: #tadpole_shrimp__tadpoleshrimp a kind of branchiopod crustacean
subtype: #copepod_crustacean__copepodcrustacean__copepod minute marine or fresh-water crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
subtype: #brit__britt minute crustaceans forming food for right whales
subtype: #cyclops__cyclop__water_flea__waterflea minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms
subtype: #fish_louse a kind of copepod
subtype: #seed_shrimp__mussel_shrimp__ostracod tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell
subtype: #barnacle__cerriped__cerripede marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
subtype: #acorn_barnacle__acornbarnacle__rock_barnacle__Balanus_balanoides barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones
subtype: #goose_barnacle__goosebarnacle__lepasfasciculari stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers
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