Crustacea

See also: crustacea and crustácea

Translingual

selected Crustacea

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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