Giraffes have long necks, which they use to browse the leaves of trees. They also have slightly elongated forelegs, about 10% longer than their hind legs. Like nearly all mammals, a giraffe has seven neck vertebrae, which are extremely. elongated.
A crustacean is an organism that belongs to the Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, and in the class Crustacea. Examples of the organisms belonging to this class are lobsters, woodlice, krill, shrimp, barnacles, crayfish, and crabs.
Medical Definition of crustacea. 1  1 capitalized : a large class of mostly aquatic arthropods that have a chitinous or calcareous and chitinous exoskeleton, a pair of often much modified appendages on each segment, and two pairs of antennae and that include the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, wood lice, water fleas, and barnacles. 2: arthropods of the class Crustacea.