Crustaceans encyclopedia

One Animalpedia species classified as crustaceans: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

Crustaceans are invertebrate animals protected by a rigid shell and equipped with jointed legs and two pairs of antennae. Most live in water, in the sea as well as in fresh water, and breathe through gills; they moult in order to grow. The crab, the shrimp, the lobster and the spiny lobster are among the best known.

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Chondrichthyans 5 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Fish (Actinopterygians) 15 Actinopterygians 17 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Chondrichthyans 8 Cephalopods 1 Molluscs 1 Mammals 168 Birds 114 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 7 Fish 27 Insects 17 Arachnids 3 Crustaceans 1

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Forest Wetlands Farmland & grasslands Steppe Mountain Rivers & lakes Coastline Ocean & sea Urban environment Tropical forest Savanna Desert

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Not evaluated Least concern Endangered Data deficient Near threatened Vulnerable Critically endangered Extinct in the wild

REGION

Present in Tunisia

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European lobster

European lobster

Homarus gammarus

Least concern Ocean & sea

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