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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animals
  3. invertebrates
  4. aquatic invertebrates
  5. shellfish
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organisms
  3. animals
  4. invertebrates
  5. aquatic invertebrates
  6. shellfish
  1. Fields of Study
  2. toxicology
  3. aquatic organisms
  4. aquatic animals
  5. aquatic invertebrates
  6. shellfish
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. toxicology
  3. aquatic organisms
  4. aquatic animals
  5. aquatic invertebrates
  6. shellfish
  1. Fields of Study
  2. toxicology
  3. aquatic organisms
  4. aquatic animals
  5. aquatic invertebrates
  6. shellfish
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. toxicology
  3. aquatic organisms
  4. aquatic animals
  5. aquatic invertebrates
  6. shellfish
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. toxicology
  3. aquatic organisms
  4. aquatic animals
  5. aquatic invertebrates
  6. shellfish
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organisms
  3. aquatic organisms
  4. aquatic animals
  5. aquatic invertebrates
  6. shellfish

Preferred term

shellfish

Type

  • Organism

Broader concept

Related concepts

Scope note

  • Use for those aquatic invertebrate organisms that have a body enclosed in a firm, calcareous shell such as oysters and clams (Mollusca) or that have a body enclosed in a soft, thin shell such as lobsters and crabs (Crustacea).

In other languages

  • mariscos

    Spanish

  • crustáceos comestibles

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/11513

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