Malacostraca
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]New Latin, from Ancient Greek μαλακόστρακα (malakóstraka), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “shell”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Malacostraca
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Arthropoda – most crustaceans – crabs, lobsters, shrimps etc., which have soft shells after moulting.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea – subphylum
Hyponyms
[edit]- (class): Eumalacostraca, Hoplocarida, Phyllocarida – subclasses
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: malacostracan
References
[edit]- Malacostraca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Malacostraca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Malacostraca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Malacostraca at BugGuide
- Malacostraca at the Tree of Life Web Project
- 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. PMID 25923521, →DOI