Carcinology

Carcinology is a branch of zoology that consists of the study of crustaceans, a group of arthropods that includes lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, barnacles and crabs. Other names for carcinology are malacostracology, crustaceology, and crustalogy, and a person who study crustaceans is a carcinologist or occasionally a malacostracologist, a crustaceologist, or a crustalogist.

The word carcinology derives from Greek καρκίνος, karkínos, "crab"; and -λογία, -logia.

Subfields

Carcinology is a subdivision of arthropodology, the study of arthropods which includes arachnids, insects, and myriapods. Carcinology branches off into taxonomically oriented disciplines such as:

• 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:

• Crustaceana
• Journal of Crustacean Biology

Notable carcinologists

Main article: List of carcinologists

See also

• Publications in carcinology
• List of carcinologists