Carcinology

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For the study of cancer and carcinomas, see oncology.
Various crustaceans, all of interest to carcinologists.

Carcinology is a branch of

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.

The word carcinology derives from Greek καρκίνος, karkínos, "crab"; and -λογία, -logia.

Subfields

Carcinology is a subdivision of

myriapods.[3] Carcinology branches off into taxonomically oriented disciplines such as:[4]

Journals

Scientific journals devoted to the study of crustaceans include:

See also

References

  1. PMID 19854296
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  2. JSTOR 10.7591/j.cttn34xc. Archived
    from the original on 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  3. OCLC 48789048. Retrieved 2023-11-20. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help
    )
  4. ISSN 1010-061X
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