Crustaceans: Belong to the subphylum Crustacea

Crustaceans belong to the subphylum Crustacea and form a large, diverse group of arthropods. This include decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp. Crustaceans are invertebrate animals found mostly in marine environments. They include animals such as crabs, crayfish, barnacles and shrimps. The following points highlight the twenty important types of Crustaceans . The types are: 1. Hutchinsoniella 2. Branchipus 3. Artemia 4. Daphnia 5. Triops 6. Cypris 7. Derocheilocaris 8. Cyclops 9. Lepas 10. Balanus 11. Mysis 12. Oniscus 13. Homartis 14. Palinurus 15. Scyllarus 16. Eupagurus 17. Hippa 18. Gammarus 19. Caprella 20. Squilla. Crustaceans : Type # 1. Hutchinsoniella: It was first collected in the year 1955 from the beach of Long Island Sound in U.S.A. (Fig. 18.22). Length is 3 mm ... Information about crustaceans in Australia including their biology, anatomy, behaviour, reproduction, predators, prey and ecology.