crustacean: References & Edit History
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A major reference on all aspects of the class is Dorothy E. Bliss (ed.), The Biology of Crustacea, 10 vol. (1982–85). Alfred Kaestner, Invertebrate Zoology, vol. 3 (1970; originally published in German, 2nd ed., 1967), gives an excellent survey of morphology, physiology, embryology, and ecology. Other overviews are provided by the section “Crustacea” in Sybil P. Parker (ed.), Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, vol. 2 (1982), pp. 173–326; Raymond C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Palaeontology, pt. Q, Arthropoda 3 (1961), and pt. R, Arthropoda 4, 2 vol. (1969); and Robert D. Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed. (1987). Robert H. Gore and Kenneth L. Heck (eds.), Crustacean Biogeography (1986), is an important discussion on distribution. Patsy A. McLaughlin, Comparative Morphology of Recent Crustacea (1980), gives clear diagrams of external and internal anatomy. Frederick R. Schram, Crustacea (1986); and Frederick R. Schram (ed.), Crustacean Phylogeny (1983), include recent theories of crustacean evolutionary relationships.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Invalidated site: DSpace at SEAFDEC/AQD - Research on Crustaceans (PDF). | Oct 14, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Off Track - Spineless swimmers and crawling crustaceans. | Oct 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Immunology - Pattern recognition receptors in Crustacea: immunological roles under environmental stress. | Sep 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: DSpace at SEAFDEC/AQD - Research on Crustaceans (PDF). | Apr 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Interface Focus - Structural diversity of crustacean exoskeletons and its implications for biomimetics. | Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Effects of Organotins on Crustaceans: Update and Perspectives. | Sep 24, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - Crustaceans (PDF). | Apr 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Crustacean. | Jan 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Te Ara � The Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Crabs, crayfish and other crustaceans. | May 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Michigan - Museum of Zoology - Crustacean. | May 17, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Crustacean. | May 17, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 12, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: BioKids - Crustacea. | Jan 13, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Geography - Crustacean. | Apr 29, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Crustacean. | Apr 29, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Earth-Life Web - The Crustacea. | Apr 29, 2013 | ||
| Added image of a cave-dwelling squat lobster. | Mar 22, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Discoverlife - Crustacea. | Feb 22, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Zipcode Zoo - Crustacea. | Nov 25, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Marine Education Society of Australia - Crustacean. | Feb 06, 2011 | ||
| Added diagram of the anatomy of a male decapod crustacean. | Sep 23, 2010 | ||
| Updated geologic time data. | May 25, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Aberdeen - Crustaceans. | Feb 19, 2009 | ||
| Photograph of the American lobster, a good example of a crustacean, added. | Jan 21, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Discoverlife - Crustacea. | Nov 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Biodiversity Explorer - Crustacea. | Nov 18, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 07, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Crustacean. | May 28, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Crustacean. | Dec 07, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Crustacean Printouts. | Oct 24, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: None. | Oct 24, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Crustacean. | Oct 24, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | May 31, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |