Crustaceans encyclopedia

Explore the 2 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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Hexacorallia (Sea Anemones and Corals) 1 Gastropods 6 Bivalves 7 Clitellates 1 Clitellates 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Polychaetes 2 Tardigrades (Eutardigrada / Heterotardigrada) 1 Rotifers 1 Demosponges (Poriferans) 1 Scyphozoans 1 Crustaceans (Barnacles) 1 Anthozoans 1 Hydrozoans 2 Starfish (Echinoderms) 1 Brittle Stars 1 Sea Urchins 1 Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers) 1 Crinoids 1 Millipedes 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Malacostracan Crustaceans 18 Molluscs 1 Chondrichthyans 6 Cephalopods 6 Chondrichthyans 10 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Actinopterygians 18 Fish (Actinopterygians) 17 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Horseshoe crabs 1 Mammals 208 Birds 131 Reptiles 62 Amphibians 13 Fish 28 Insects 55 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

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

IUCN STATUS

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

REGION

Present in Tunisia

2 species crustaces

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European lobster

European lobster

Homarus gammarus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Shrimp

Shrimp

Caridea / Dendrobranchiata (ordre Decapoda)

Least concern Ocean & sea

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