Meaning | largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial / terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies. |
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Synonym | subclass Malacostraca |
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Member of | Crustacea, class Crustacea | Class of mandibulate arthropods including |
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Members | Amphipoda, order Amphipoda | small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans |
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Decapoda, order Decapoda | lobsters |
Euphausiacea, order Euphausiacea | small commonly luminescent crustaceans |
Isopoda, order Isopoda | woodlice |
Mysidacea, order Mysidacea | opossum shrimp |
malacostracan crustacean | A major subclass of crustaceans |
Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
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Spanish | Malacostráceos |
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Catalan | Malacostraca |
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