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Crustacea MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Crustacea
Tree Number(s)
B01.050.500.131.365
Unique ID
D003445
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003445
Annotation
as animal and food; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coordinate with SHELLFISH
Scope Note
A large subphylum of mostly marine ARTHROPODS containing over 42,000 species. They include familiar arthropods such as lobsters (NEPHROPIDAE), crabs (BRACHYURA), shrimp (PENAEIDAE), and barnacles (THORACICA).
Entry Term(s)
Ostracoda
Ostracods
Related Numbers
txid6670
See Also
Shellfish
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2020/08/13
Crustacea Preferred
Ostracoda Narrower
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