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.
Crustaceans belong to the phylum Arthropoda, along with insects, arachnids, millipedes, centipedes, and fossil trilobites. However, crustaceans occupy their own subphylum, Crustacea.The term crustacean derives from the Latin crusta, meaning crust or hard shell. small number of crustaceans live on land. Whether marine or terrestrial, crustaceans share certain traits that determine their inclusion in the subphylum Crustacea. As with any large group of organisms, exceptions to these rules will occasionally apply.