Crustacea

Crustacea

See also: crustacea and crustácea

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin crusta (“shell”) +‎ -acea.

Proper noun

Crustacea

  1. A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Arthropoda – crustaceans.

Usage notes

  • The subphylum Crustacea is paraphyletic; some animals traditionally classified as crustaceans are actually more related to hexapods (insects, springtails, etc) than to other members of Crustacea.

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