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Crustaceans are arthropods of the subphylum Crustacea. They include a variety of water-dwelling creatures including shrimp, crabs, krill and lobsters.

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Crustaceans are arthropods of the subphylum Crustacea. They include a variety of water-dwelling creatures including shrimp, crabs, krill and lobsters.

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Crustacean - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustacean
Crustacea - Encyclopedia of Earth

Crustaceans are invertebrates belonging to the phylum Arthropoda and include such familiar groups as barnacles, crabs, crayfish, lobster, water fleas and pill bugs.
http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151549/
Crustacean - Arthropod - Britannica

Crustacean,Â any member of the subphylum Crustacea (phylum Arthropoda), a group of invertebrate animals consisting of some 45,000 species distributed worldwide.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/crustacean
Crustacean - Encyclopedia

Get information, facts, and pictures about crustacean at Encyclopedia.com. Make research projects and school reports about crustacean easy with credible articles from our FREE, online encyclopedia and dictionary.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/crustacean.aspx
ADW: Crustacea

Approximately 30,000 species make up this Subphylum. Most are aquatic; of these, the majority are marine but some are found in fresh water. Members of the Subphylum include lobsters, crabs, crayfish, shrimp, copepods, barnacles, and several other groups of organisms.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Crustacea/
Crustaceans - Easy Science For Kids

Easy Science for Kids All About Crustaceans, Lobsters, Crabs and More. Learn more about Fun Facts about Crustaceans with our Fun Kids Science Website!
http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-crustaceans/
Ten Fascinatingly Bizarre Crustaceans

A list of some of the strangest crustaceans that go well beyond your typical crab or lobster
http://listverse.com/2013/06/28/10-fascinatingly-bizarre-crustaceans/
List of Crustaceans - PhotographicDictionary

Easy to follow list of crustaceans with pictures for each one
https://photographicdictionary.com/crustaceans
Crab - HowStuffWorks

Crab is a land- or water-dwelling crustacean with a short, flat body that is nearly circular. Learn more about the crab at HowStuffWorks.
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/crustaceans.htm
Crustacean - HowStuffWorks

Introduction to Crustacean - Crustacean is a member of a large class of animals with segmented bodies. Learn more about the crustaceans at HowStuffWorks.
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/crustacean-info.htm
Crustacea - Crabs, Shrimps, Barnacles, Woodlice - Animalia

List of different crustaceans and basic information about what they are
http://www.darwinsgalapagos.com/animals/custacea_crustaceans.htm
What Is a Crustacean? - Marine Life

The group of marine life known as crustaceans includes crabs, lobsters and shrimp - some of the most important marine life to humans. It also includes other animals such as amphipods and isopods.
http://marinelife.about.com/od/invertebrates/g/crustaceans.htm

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Crustaceans Temporal range: 511–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Cambrian to present
Crab Lobster Crayfish Shrimp Krill Woodlouse Copepod Barnacle
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Groups included
Oligostraca Ichthyostraca Branchiura Pentastomida Mystacocarida Ostracoda Myodocopa Podocopa Multicrustacea †Cyclida Copepoda Thecostraca Ascothoracida Cirripedia Facetotecta Malacostraca Phyllocarida Hoplocarida Eumalacostraca Tantulocarida †Priscansermarinidae Allotriocarida Branchiopoda Phyllopoda Sarsostraca Cephalocarida Remipedia
Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa
Hexapods

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Crustacean - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustacean
Crustacea - Encyclopedia of Earth

Crustaceans are invertebrates belonging to the phylum Arthropoda and include such familiar groups as barnacles, crabs, crayfish, lobster, water fleas and pill bugs.
http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151549/
Crustacean - Arthropod - Britannica

Crustacean,Â any member of the subphylum Crustacea (phylum Arthropoda), a group of invertebrate animals consisting of some 45,000 species distributed worldwide.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/crustacean
Crustacean - Encyclopedia

Get information, facts, and pictures about crustacean at Encyclopedia.com. Make research projects and school reports about crustacean easy with credible articles from our FREE, online encyclopedia and dictionary.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/crustacean.aspx
ADW: Crustacea

Approximately 30,000 species make up this Subphylum. Most are aquatic; of these, the majority are marine but some are found in fresh water. Members of the Subphylum include lobsters, crabs, crayfish, shrimp, copepods, barnacles, and several other groups of organisms.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Crustacea/
Crustaceans - Easy Science For Kids

Easy Science for Kids All About Crustaceans, Lobsters, Crabs and More. Learn more about Fun Facts about Crustaceans with our Fun Kids Science Website!
http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-crustaceans/
Ten Fascinatingly Bizarre Crustaceans

A list of some of the strangest crustaceans that go well beyond your typical crab or lobster
http://listverse.com/2013/06/28/10-fascinatingly-bizarre-crustaceans/
List of Crustaceans - PhotographicDictionary

Easy to follow list of crustaceans with pictures for each one
https://photographicdictionary.com/crustaceans
Crab - HowStuffWorks

Crab is a land- or water-dwelling crustacean with a short, flat body that is nearly circular. Learn more about the crab at HowStuffWorks.
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/crustaceans.htm
Crustacean - HowStuffWorks

Introduction to Crustacean - Crustacean is a member of a large class of animals with segmented bodies. Learn more about the crustaceans at HowStuffWorks.
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/crustacean-info.htm
Crustacea - Crabs, Shrimps, Barnacles, Woodlice - Animalia

List of different crustaceans and basic information about what they are
http://www.darwinsgalapagos.com/animals/custacea_crustaceans.htm
What Is a Crustacean? - Marine Life

The group of marine life known as crustaceans includes crabs, lobsters and shrimp - some of the most important marine life to humans. It also includes other animals such as amphipods and isopods.
http://marinelife.about.com/od/invertebrates/g/crustaceans.htm

Crustaceans Temporal range: 511–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Cambrian to present
Crab Lobster Crayfish Shrimp Krill Woodlouse Copepod Barnacle
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Groups included
Oligostraca Ichthyostraca Branchiura Pentastomida Mystacocarida Ostracoda Myodocopa Podocopa Multicrustacea †Cyclida Copepoda Thecostraca Ascothoracida Cirripedia Facetotecta Malacostraca Phyllocarida Hoplocarida Eumalacostraca Tantulocarida †Priscansermarinidae Allotriocarida Branchiopoda Phyllopoda Sarsostraca Cephalocarida Remipedia
Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa
Hexapods

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