What is "carcinology"

Malacostracology \Mal`a*cos`tra*col"o*gy\, n. [Malacostracan + -logy.] That branch of zo["o]logical science which relates to the crustaceans; -- called also carcinology.

n. (context zoology English) The study of crustaceans.

Carcinology is a branch of zoology that consists of the study of crustaceans, a group of arthropods that includes lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, barnacles and crabs. Other names for carcinology are malacostracology, crustaceology, and crustalogy, and a person who study crustaceans is a carcinologist or occasionally a malacostracologist, a crustaceologist, or a crustalogist.

The word carcinology derives from Greek , karkínos, "crab"; and , -logia.