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Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic infection by the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis.A person becomes infected by drinking water contaminated with Guinea-worm larvae that reside inside copepods (a type of small crustacean).
Pediculosis pubis (also known as "crabs" and "pubic lice") is an infestation by the pubic louse, Pthirus pubis, a wingless insect which feeds on blood and lays its eggs (nits) on mainly pubic hair. Less commonly, hair near the anus, armpit, beard, eyebrows, moustache, and eyelashes may be involved.
Black spot disease in crustaceans, commonly studied on the edible brachyuran crab Cancer pagurus, is a progressive degradation of the carapace cuticle and expresses itself by discoloration of the carapace. [1] The disease has been observed on a variety of crustacean species including crabs, lobster, and shrimp. [2]
The leg of a squat lobster, showing the segments; the ischium and merus are fused in many decapods. The legs of crustaceans are divided primitively into seven segments, which do not follow the naming system used in the other groups. They are: coxa, basis, ischium, merus, carpus, propodus, and dactylus.
Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea (/ k r ə ˈ s t eɪ ʃ ə /), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods ...
The decapod (crustaceans, such as a crab, lobster, shrimp or prawn) is made up of 20 body segments grouped into two main body parts: the cephalothorax and the pleon . [1] [2] Each segment may possess one pair of appendages, although in various groups these may be reduced or missing. They are, from head to tail:
If your symptoms persist for a week or two, see your doctor, Gornik suggests. They’ll likely do a physical exam and an ankle-brachial index test, which measures blood pressure in your legs and arms.
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