Carcinology

Carcinology is a branch of zoology that consists of the study of crustaceans. Crustaceans are a large class of arthropods classified by having a hard exoskeleton made of chitin or chitin and calcium, three body regions, and jointed, paired appendages.^[1] Crustaceans include lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, copepods, barnacles and crabs.^[2] Most crustaceans are aquatic, but some can be terrestrial, sessile, or parasitic. Other names for carcinology are malacostracology, crustaceology, and crustalogy, and a person who studies crustaceans is a carcinologist or occasionally a malacostracologist, a crustaceologist, or a crustalogist.

The word carcinology derives from Greek καρκίνος, karkínos, "crab"; and -λογία, -logia.

^ Koenemann, Stefan; Jenner, Ronald A.; Hoenemann, Mario; Stemme, Torben; von Reumont, Björn M. (2010-03-01). "Arthropod phylogeny revisited, with a focus on crustacean relationships". Arthropod Structure & Development. Fossil Record and Phylogeny of the Arthropoda. 39 (2): 88–110. Bibcode:2010ArtSD..39...88K. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2009.10.003. ISSN 1467-8039. PMID 19854296.
^ Weis, Judith S. (2012). Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs (1 ed.). Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-5050-1. JSTOR 10.7591/j.cttn34xc. Archived from the original on 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2023-12-28.

[1] Koenemann, Stefan; Jenner, Ronald A.; Hoenemann, Mario; Stemme, Torben; von Reumont, Björn M. (2010-03-01). "Arthropod phylogeny revisited, with a focus on crustacean relationships". Arthropod Structure & Development. Fossil Record and Phylogeny of the Arthropoda. 39 (2): 88–110. Bibcode:2010ArtSD..39...88K. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2009.10.003. ISSN 1467-8039. PMID 19854296.

[2] Weis, Judith S. (2012). Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs (1 ed.). Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-5050-1. JSTOR 10.7591/j.cttn34xc. Archived from the original on 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2023-12-28.

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