What does carcinology study?
Carcinology is a branch of zoology that consists of the study of crustaceans, a group of arthropods that includes lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, copepods, barnacles and crabs. Other names for carcinology are malacostracology, crustaceology, and crustalogy, and a person who studies crustaceans is a "carcinologist".
The word carcinology derives from Greek καρκίνος, karkínos, "crab"; and -λογία, -logia.
Carcinology is a subdivision of arthropodology, the study of arthropods which includes arachnids, insects, and myriapods.
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earlepg
At first I was looking for something that causes cancer, carcinogenic.
Jaimi McEntire
I went from Carcinology -> Cancer -> Crab -> Hard Shelled aquatic creatures. I was sure I was going to miss it, but no.
crdemarti
Howard Groopman……..FYI …….the word cancer is actually the same derivation. Eons ago, when the disease was recognized and described, the word for crab- like was used because the
tumors extended and grew in a manner similar to the crab like movements associated with the
crustacean.
marilynmitri
The word "carcinoma" derives from the Latin for "crab", which describes the way an unchecked tumor spreads out crab-wise in every direction.
Player
Cancer - the Crab.
klmilles
Sue Grayson, If you are referencing more than one species of fish, it is, correctly, "fishes." We all know with whom Luca Brasi sleeps.
Lexi
“Fishes”? Seriously? Singular or plural, still “fish”🙄
fdeisner
chipdhf,
As stated in the first line of the explanation. Maybe the person giving the explanation doesn't understand what they are stating.
Albert Johnson
Elimination worked on this one
Robert Oldenburg
I went with the long answer.
chipdhf
“Crustaceans” Should have been the answer not what you used
Sue Grayson
Fishes? The plural of fish is....fish!
Joanne Serin
earlepg, The sign Cancer, is the Crab.
Ray Knutson
When taking a test, and one answer has much more detail, if you have to guess, that's usually the one...
Corey Taylor
Lilly's questions are improving...
crdemarti
Hats off to youLily…….it was still an easy answer by recognizing the others and there were all sorts of creatures pictured not just hard shelled creatures. Shells off to you!
Leecon
A sensible question from Lilly today for a change!