• Source: 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. Crustaceans include lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, copepods, barnacles and crabs. 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.




Subfields


Carcinology is a subdivision of arthropodology, the study of arthropods which includes arachnids, insects, and myriapods. Carcinology branches off into taxonomically oriented disciplines such as:

astacology – the study of crayfish
cirripedology – the study of barnacles
copepodology – the study of copepods




Journals


Scientific journals devoted to the study of crustaceans include:

Crustaceana
Journal of Crustacean Biology
Nauplius




See also



Entomology
Publications in carcinology
List of carcinologists




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Karkinologi
• Carcinology
• Yaroslav Starobogatov
• Crustacean
• List of carcinologists
• Nauplius
• Femur
• Entomology
• Outline of academic disciplines
• Madagascar hissing cockroach
• JCB