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The crustacean is the name of any of various predominantly aquatic arthropods of the class Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimps, and barnacles. They have a segmented body, formed of a head, a thorax and an abdomen called (pleon). a chitinous exoskeleton, and paired, jointed limbs. The crustaceans are also distinguished by having two pairs of antenna-like appendages in front of the mouth and other paired appendages near the mouth that act like jaws.

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