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Crustacea

 [krus-ta´shah]
a class of arthropods including the lobsters, crabs, shrimps, wood lice, water fleas, and barnacles.
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Crus·ta·ce·a

(krŭs-tā'shē-ă),
A large class of aquatic animals (phylum Arthropoda) with a chitinous exoskeleton and jointed appendages; for example, the crab, lobster, crayfish, shrimp, isopods, ostracods, and amphipods. Some, (for example, certain copepods), are parasitic; others serve as intermediate hosts for parasitic worms that cause disease in humans and various other vertebrates.
See also: Copepoda.
[L. crusta, a crust]
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