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Squamellae :: Squame (n.) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean..

Podobranch :: Podobranch (n.) One of the branchiae attached to the bases of the legs in Crustacea.

Propodite :: Propodite (n.) The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean; usually, the penultimate joint..

Scab :: Scab (n.) An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part..

Marsupiate :: Marsupiate (a.) Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea..

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

Flagellum :: Flagellum (v. t.) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped..

Crustacean :: Crustacean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.

Apus :: Apus (n.) A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.

Decapod :: Decapod (n.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively..

Endosternite :: Endosternite (n.) The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.

Edriophthalma :: Edriophthalma (n. pl.) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca.

Hippe :: Hippe (n.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura..

Scyllarian :: Scyllarian (n.) One of a family (Scyllaridae) of macruran Crustacea, remarkable for the depressed form of the body, and the broad, flat antennae. Also used adjectively..

Pagurian :: Pagurian (n.) Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which Pagurus is a type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under Hermit..

Endophragma :: Endophragma (n.) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.

Podophthalmia :: Podophthalmia (n. pl.) The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda..

Scaphocerite :: Scaphocerite (n.) A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennae of many Crustacea.

Incrustation :: Incrustation (n.) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement..

Shell :: Shell (n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like..

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