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Swimming :: Swimmeret (n.) One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming..

Sea Slater :: Sea slater () Any isopod crustacean of the genus Ligia.

Pleuron :: Pleuron (n.) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.

Peraeopod :: Peraeopod (n.) One of the thoracic legs of a crustacean. See Illust. of Crustacea.

Ichthyophthira :: Ichthyophthira (n. pl.) A division of copepod crustaceans, including numerous species parasitic on fishes..

Ommateum :: Ommateum (n.) A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans..

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

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

Coxa :: Coxa (n.) The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean.

Epimeron :: Epimeron (n.) In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage.

Basicerite :: Basicerite (n.) The second joint of the antennae of crustaceans.

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

Endopleurite :: Endopleurite (n.) The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.

Phyllobranchia :: Phyllobranchia (n.) A crustacean gill composed of lamellae.

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

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and crustaceans.

Nauplius :: Nauplius (n.) A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body..

Uropod :: Uropod (n.) Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of Crustacea, and Stomapoda..

Crayfish :: Crayfish (n.) Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis..

Dactylar :: Dactylar (a.) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean..

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