Give a well detailed explanation of the given topic. Attach diagrams if possible. Main Focus : Crustacea

Give the subphylums (if present ) , examples e. t.c.

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Class Crustacea belongs to the Phylum Arthropoda. It is a class itself thus it does not have any subphylum.

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Phylums are the groups and Phylum arthropoda is one of the 33 phylas of the Kingdom Animalia. Phylum Arthropoda has the largest phylum of the Animal Kingdom with variety of animals that include one million species. It has 5 classes.

Class MerostomataClass ArachnidaClass CrustaceaClass MyriapodaClass Insecta_____________________________________

They are usually aquatic both marine and freshwater.Exoskeleton is hard and made up of chitin called carapace.Body is divisible into head, thorax and abdomen. Some animals have cephalothorax.Cephalothorax regions are formed by the fusion of head and thoraxHead bears two pairs of antenna, one pair of mandible, two compound eyes with stalk. Respiration takes place by gills or through body surfaceExcretion is carried out by one pair of antennary glands or green glands.The thorax and abdomenal appendages may be modified for swimming, feeding, walking, resperation as well as reproduction.Sexes are separateDimorphism is prominentFive walking legs for locomotion are present.Example: 1)free living are, Daphnia, Cyclops, Argulus, Sacculina, Prawn Crabs etc.

                        2)Parasite are, Barnacles and Sacculina.

                        3) Marine are Shrimps, Lobsters etc.

                        4) Sedentary crustaceans are Barnacle(Parasite), Prawns(Fresh-water living) etc.

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