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"True crabsare decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura," (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab) and "many varieties of shellfish (crustaceans in particular) are actually closely related to insects and arachnids" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellfish).

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