Carcinology
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Carcinology is a branch of zoology that consists of the study of crustaceans. Crustaceans are a large traditional subphylum of arthropods classified by having a hard exoskeleton made of chitin or chitin and calcium, three body regions, and jointed, paired appendages.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Crustaceans include lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, copepods, barnacles and crabs.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Most crustaceans are aquatic, but some can be terrestrial, sessile, or parasitic. Other names for carcinology are malacostracology, crustaceology, and crustalogy, and a person who studies crustaceans is a carcinologist or occasionally a malacostracologist, a crustaceologist, or a crustalogist.
The word carcinology derives from Greek {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, karkínos, "crab"; and {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, -logia.
Subfields
Carcinology is a subdivision of arthropodology, the study of arthropods which includes arachnids, insects, and myriapods.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Carcinology branches off into taxonomically oriented disciplines such as:<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- astacology – the study of crayfish
- cirripedology – the study of barnacles
- copepodology – the study of copepods
Journals
Scientific journals devoted to the study of crustaceans include:
Famous carcinologists
- J.C. von Vaupel Klein, editor of Crustaceana