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Crustaceans are distinguished from other arthropods in that their appendages are biramous (branch into two parts), and that they have a larval form which has a single eye and antennae used for swimming (nauplius). One might also assume they differ from most other arthropods in that they are aquatic, but there are both aquatic non-crustaceam arthropods (like the horseshoe crab and the sea spider), and non-aquatic crustaceans (like the terrestrial woodlouse).

Note that the term "anthropod" should not be confused with arthropod - the former is a broad term and not a taxon, meaning human or human-like.

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