Carcinology

Carcinology is a branch of both zoology and biology that deals with the science of crustaceans. Crustaceans are a group of mostly oceanic animals that includes lobsters and crabs.

Carcinology branches off into taxonomically-oriented disciplines such as astacology (study of crayfish).

Other names for carcinology are malacostracology, crustaceology, and crustalogy, and a scientist who works in carcinology is a carcinologist, a crustaceologist, or a crustalogist.

See also

• Publications in carcinology
• List of carcinologists

External link

• Freshwater Crab Carcinologists

See also: Carcinology, Animal, Astacology, Biology, Crab, Crayfish, Crustacean, List of carcinologists, List of publications in biology