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what is a crustacean?

The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods, comprising almost 52,000 described species ,[1] and are usually treated as a subphylum .[2] They include various familiar animals, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The majority of them are aquatic, living in either marine or fresh water environments, but a few groups have adapted to life on land, such as terrestrial crabs, terrestrial hermit crabs and woodlice. Crustaceans are among the most successful animals, and are as abundant in the oceans as insects are on land. Over half of animals in the world are marine copepod crustaceans.
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For the September mp3 of the month we celebrate the signing of The Giraffes to Crustacean Records. The Brooklyn quartet will be releasing their fifth album, Prime Motivator, on Crustacean in November. To give you a listen we are giving away the digital file of the title track throughout the month of September.

You can download the track by clicking on the mp3 of the month button on the upper left hand side of this very webpage, going to the Crustacean Records music page or downloading it from the Crustacean Records myspace. Enjoy the free music and catch The Giraffes live on their September tour.
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Crustaceans are a group of animals that have a hard exoskeleton, jointed legs, and a segmented body that is bilaterally symmetrical. They have two pairs of sensory antennae, one pair of mandibles (for chewing food), and two pairs of maxillae (to help the mandibles in positioning the food). Crustaceans are invertebrates (they lack a backbone) and arthropods (which also includes the insects).
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