Carcinology

Short description: Study of crustaceans

Various crustaceans, all of interest to carcinologists.

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.

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* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Subfields

Carcinology is a subdivision of arthropodology, the study of arthropods which includes arachnids, insects, and myriapods.[3] Carcinology branches off into taxonomically oriented disciplines such as:[4]

* 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 (journal)

## See also

* Entomology
* Publications in carcinology
* List of carcinologists

## References

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. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2009.10.003. ISSN 1467-8039. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1467803909000553.
2. ↑ Weis, Judith S. (2012). Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs (1 ed.). Cornell University Press. doi:10.7591/j.cttn34xc.15. ISBN 978-0-8014-5050-1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.cttn34xc. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
3. ↑ "An updated classification of the Recent Crustacea". https://lccn.loc.gov/2005351454.
4. ↑ Zrzavý, J.; Štys, P. (December 14, 2002). "The basic body plan of arthropods: insights from evolutionary morphology and developmental biology" (in en). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 10 (3): 353–367. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.1997.10030353.x. ISSN 1010-061X. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1420-9101.1997.10030353.x. Retrieved December 28, 2023.

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* Anthrozoology
* Apiology
* Arachnology
* Arthropodology
* Batrachology
* Biological anthropology
* Carcinology
* Cetology
* Coleopterology
* Conchology
* Entomology
* Ethology
* Helminthology
* Herpetology (Ophiology)
* Ichthyology
* Lepidopterology
* Malacology (Teuthology)
* Mammalogy
* Myrmecology
* Nematology
* Neuroethology
* Ornithology
* Parasitology
* Paleozoology
* Planktology
* Primatology
* Zooarchaeology

Zoologists|

* Karl Ernst von Baer
* Georges Cuvier
* Charles Darwin
* Jean-Henri Fabre
* William Kirby
* Carl Linnaeus
* Konrad Lorenz
* Thomas Say
* Jakob von Uexküll
* Alfred Russel Wallace
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* Pre-Darwin
* Post-Darwin
* Timeline of zoology

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