What's the difference between crustacea and crustacean?

Crustacea


Definition:

  • (n. pl.) One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The tubular system in crustacea is necessary for excitation-contraction coupling.
  • (2) On the other hand, the major arsenic compound in fish, crustacea and molluscs has been identified as arsenobetaine, which is an arseno-analog of glycinebetaine, a very common osmo-regulator in living organisms.
  • (3) The development of microparticulate food particles for marine suspension-feeders is discussed with respect to the difficulties of nutrient delivery in the aquatic environment and to feeding and digestion in crustacea and bivalve molluscs.
  • (4) The xiphidio-cercaria monostomous, anenterous in type, is liberated in water and actively penetrates a Crustacea Gammarus pulex where it encysts.
  • (5) Of the brightly fluorescent areas in the whole of Crustacea, only the central body consistently exists in all species.
  • (6) The X-organ sinus gland is a major peptidergic neurosecretory system in Crustacea, analogous to the vertebrate hypothalamoneurohypophyseal system.
  • (7) It is tentatively concluded that a core of DNA base sequence homology has been highly conserved throughout the evolution of the Crustacea.
  • (8) Extrahepatic organs from fish and crustacea usually had higher GSH S-transferase activities than epoxide hydrase activities with the alkene and arene oxide substrates.
  • (9) Crossed radioimmunoelectrophoresis (CRIE) demonstrated 6 crawfish and 4 lobster allergens when individual or pooled sera from radioallergosorbent test (RAST)-positive crustacea-sensitive subjects were used.
  • (10) Flatfish, mainly in the form of plaice, and crustacea were found to be the main source of organic arsenic compounds.
  • (11) Finally, we present evidence that shows that the class I MTs in marine crustacea are involved in the sequestration of elevated levels of heavy-metal ions.
  • (12) A simple model for growth, molting, and regeneration in heavily calcified Crustacea is developed from the viewpoint of adaptive strategies and energetic considerations.
  • (13) Vibrio cholerae, an autochthonous member of brackish water and estuarine bacterial communities, also attaches to crustacea, a significant factor in multiplication and survival of V. cholerae in nature.
  • (14) Hemocyanin has been used as a protein marker for Crustacea speciation.
  • (15) Glutamate induced responses in the surface membrane of Xenopus oocyte by injection with mRNA from crustacea and insect muscle.
  • (16) In this study we have analyzed the sterol compositions of two continental shelf species of crustacea, the lobster (Homarus americanus) and the shrimp (Pandalus borealis).
  • (17) Research on the transmission of Hemiurid Trematode Halipegus ovocaudatus in experimental and natural conditions demonstrates the following: --the miracidium grows into a sporocyst producing rediae in the Mollusc Planorbis planorbis; -- the cystophorous cercariae become mesocercariae in the hemocoele of Copepodes or finally Ostracodes when swallowed; -- the mesocercariae become matacercariae in the mesenteron of larval Odonates (Zygoptera and Anisoptera) when these larvae swallow the Crustacea; -- the metacercariae become become adults in the Amphibial Rana ridibundal perezi which feeds on dragonflies.
  • (18) Consistent results were obtained not only with the cuticle of Periplanata americana but also with the cuticle of Emerita asiatica (crustacea).
  • (19) (Protozoa: Microspora) from larval Aedes cantator mosquitoes were directly infectious to an alternate copepod host, Acanthocyclops vernalis (Arthropoda: Crustacea).
  • (20) Astacus astacus L. (Crustacea: Decapoda) were estimated by several biochemical and histochemical methods.

Crustacean


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.
  • (n.) An animal belonging to the class Crustacea.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is assumed that taurine increases the Ca2+ sensitivity of the force-generating myofilaments in mammalian hearts and crustacean slow skeletal muscle fibres.
  • (2) The implications of these findings for the development and physiological performance of the crustacean motor unit are discussed.
  • (3) The four hosts (Mollusc -- Crustacean -- Odonat -- Amphibian) are obligatory in the life cycle for it is impossible to infect the Insects directly with the cecariae or the frog (tadpoles as well as adults) with the mesocercariae.
  • (4) Using a spectrophotometric method, the kinetics of the crustacean muscle enzyme was compared to the acetylcholinesterase (AChE) on mammalian red blood cells and in the lobster ventral nerve cord.
  • (5) In crustacean nerve 12-14% of the phospholipids was in the form of alkyl ether phospholipids, which in the lobster were approximately half choline-containing and half ethanolamine-containing.
  • (6) Clearance of foreign materials from the hemocoel of decapod crustaceans involves several distinct kinds of cells.
  • (7) Electron microscopy has revealed that chitin from a representative selection of insect orders (plus one crustacean and one arachnid) is localized in crystallites about 2.8 nm across.
  • (8) The crustacean Na+-H+ antiporter therefore bears similarities to the vertebrate antiporter but is uniquely electrogenic.
  • (9) The highest levels were found in hepatopancreas from crustaceans.
  • (10) From the vantage point of my 10-centimetre porthole, I glimpsed life forms with outlines like blown glass occasionally drifting past our lights, while small crustaceans hovered around like flies, keeping pace with our descent.
  • (11) The significance of the terminal residues of the red pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH: Glu-Leu-Asn-Phe-Ser-Pro-Gly-Trp-NH2) for its blanching effect on crustacean chromatophores has been investigated.
  • (12) You’d be hard pushed to find half a dozen fresh oysters at this great price.” Frozen food giant Iceland sparked lobster wars last month with what it claimed was the cheapest cooked crustacean in Britain.
  • (13) Foods causing most prominent symptoms among patients in group A included legumes, tree nuts, crustaceans, and fish.
  • (14) In the walking legs of decapod crustaceans, intersegmental reflex actions originate from various joint proprioceptors.
  • (15) Ovaries from the spider crab, Libinia emarginata L. were studied to learn more of vitellogenesis in crustaceans.
  • (16) However, some responses were inhibitory, the first such demonstration in aquatic crustaceans.
  • (17) These include insects, chelicerates, most crustaceans, annelids, priapulids, nematodes, and some sipunculids.
  • (18) The pentapeptide proctolin modulates the activity of the rhythmic pattern generators in the crustacean stomatogastric nervous system.
  • (19) Tilapia is an aquaponics staple, but crustaceans are also up for discussion.
  • (20) Ross said researchers have identified four new species of fish, a new type of starfish and several new species of crustaceans living in the deepwater reefs.

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