| NOUN | animal | Malacostraca, subclass Malacostraca | largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial / terrestrial crustaceans |
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| 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 | |
| Member of | Crustacea, class Crustacea | Class of mandibulate arthropods including |
| Members | Amphipoda, order Amphipoda | small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans |
| 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 |
| Spanish | Malacostráceos | |
| Catalan | Malacostraca | |
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