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{{Short description|Study of crustaceans}}{{Confused|oncology|text=[[oncology]], the study of [[cancer]]s and [[carcinoma]]s}}[[File:Crustacea diversity.jpg|thumb|Various crustaceans, all of interest to carcinologists.]] | {{Short description|Study of crustaceans}}{{Confused|oncology|text=[[oncology]], the study of [[cancer]]s and [[carcinoma]]s}}[[File:Crustacea diversity.jpg|thumb|Various crustaceans, all of interest to carcinologists.]] | ||
'''Carcinology''' is a branch of [[zoology]] that consists of the study of [[crustacean]]s. Crustaceans are a large | '''Carcinology''' is a branch of [[zoology]] that consists of the study of [[crustacean]]s. Crustaceans are a large traditional [[subphylum]] of [[arthropod]]s classified by having a hard exoskeleton made of [[chitin]] or chitin and [[calcium]], three body regions, and jointed, paired appendages.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Koenemann |first1=Stefan |last2=Jenner |first2=Ronald A. |last3=Hoenemann |first3=Mario |last4=Stemme |first4=Torben |last5=von Reumont |first5=Björn M. |date=2010-03-01 |title=Arthropod phylogeny revisited, with a focus on crustacean relationships |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1467803909000553 |journal=Arthropod Structure & Development |series=Fossil Record and Phylogeny of the Arthropoda |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=88–110 |doi=10.1016/j.asd.2009.10.003 |pmid=19854296 |bibcode=2010ArtSD..39...88K |issn=1467-8039|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Crustaceans include [[lobsters]], [[crayfish]], [[shrimp]], [[krill]], [[copepods]], [[barnacles]] and [[crabs]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Weis |first=Judith S. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.cttn34xc |title=Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs |date=2012 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-0-8014-5050-1 |edition=1 |jstor=10.7591/j.cttn34xc |access-date=2023-12-28 |archive-date=2023-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120152710/https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.cttn34xc |url-status=live }}</ref> Most crustaceans are aquatic, but some can be [[Terrestrial animal|terrestrial]], [[Sessility (motility)|sessile]], or [[Parasitism|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 ''[[wikt:carcinology|carcinology]]'' derives from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{lang|grc|καρκίνος}}, ''karkínos'', "crab"; and {{lang|grc|-λογία}}, ''[[-logy|-logia]]''. | The word ''[[wikt:carcinology|carcinology]]'' derives from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{lang|grc|καρκίνος}}, ''karkínos'', "crab"; and {{lang|grc|-λογία}}, ''[[-logy|-logia]]''. | ||
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Carcinology is a branch of zoology that consists of the study of crustaceans. Crustaceans are a large traditional subphylum 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.
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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
- arachnology – the study of arachnids
Journals
Scientific journals devoted to the study of crustaceans include:
Famous Carcinologists
- J.C. von Vaupel Klein, editor of Crustaceana
See also
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References
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