They are unique in the fact that they are the only land-based crustacean.

潮特之处在于它们是唯一陆生甲壳纲动物。

The gentle giants work together to surround the tiny crustaceans with an ever-tightening spiral of bubbles.

这些温和巨兽们协同作业，对这些微型甲壳纲动物四面包抄，形成一个不断向内缩紧气泡螺旋。

Exactly why robber crabs have grown so big is a mystery, but with so few creatures making it to these remote islands, the giant crustaceans seem to have filled a niche normally taken by medium-sized mammals.

到底为什么盗蟹长得如此之大是个谜团，但是因为有极少数生物才能到这些偏远岛屿，所以这大甲壳纲动物似乎填补了通常由中型哺乳类动物占据生态位。

All 7 billion human beings on Earth weigh in at a hefty 287 million tons, but just one species of krill, which is that tiny crustacean eaten by large whales, weighs a total of 500 million tons on the scale together.

地球上所有 70 亿人体是 2.87 亿吨，但有一种甲壳类动物，被巨大鲸鱼吃掉小甲壳纲动物，它们总5亿吨。

These are the little bugs (crustaceans, in fact) that are commonly thrown into confusion when you upturn a rock or log.

这些都是小子（实际上是甲壳纲动物），要是你翻起一块岩石或一根木头，它们常常会惊恐万状。

Walcott became a leading authority on trilobites and was the first person to establish that trilobites were arthropods, the group that includes modern insects and crustaceans.

但他成了三叶问题一名要权威。他最先确定三叶是节肢动物，该属包括当代昆和甲壳纲动物。

You might know this thanks to flamingos: They're born gray, but turn pink thanks to pigments called carotenoids in crustaceans they eat.

它们出生时候是灰色，但是由于它们食用甲壳纲动物体内叫做类胡萝卜素东西变成了粉色。

It's really weird because we consume crustacea and insects branched off from crustacea.

这真很奇怪，因为我们食用甲壳纲动物和甲壳纲动物分支昆。