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Eumalacostraca
Eumalacostraca
Translingual
Proper noun
Eumalacostraca
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Malacostraca – various crustacea with bodies of 19 segments (5 cephalic, 8 thoracic, 6 abdominal), the thoracic limbs being jointed and used for swimming or walking.
Hypernyms
- (subclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class
Hyponyms
- (subclass): †Eocarida (extinct); Syncarida, Peracarida, Eucarida, Hoplocarida, Phyllocarida - superorders
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521