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{{Concept
|label=Crustacea
|alternative label=<b>crustaceans</b>
|lexical category=noun, plural
|etymology=Latin <i>crusta</i>, shell
|definition=One of the divisions of arthropods, having [[chitin]]-encased bodies that may or may not be impregnated with calcium salts; contains the shrimp, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, water fleas, sand hoppers, fish lice, wood lice, sow bugs, pill bugs, scuds and slaters.
}}
{{Concept scheme relation
|scheme=Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
}}