[Standard metabolism and macrotaxonomy of crustaceans].

The influence of temperature and other environmental factors on the rate of oxygen consumption has been studied in adult forms of crustaceans. The allometric relationship between respiration and body weight was calculated for 15 crustacean orders on the basis of published data on the standard metabolic rate and body weight in 225 crustacean species. The macrotaxonomy of the studied crustacean orders was proposed on the basis of the obtained values of coefficient a from the allometric relationship.