Malacostraca

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μαλακόστρακα (malakóstraka), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “shell”).

Proper noun

Malacostraca

A taxonomic class within the subphylum Crustacea – most crustacea - crabs, lobsters, shrimps etc., which have soft shells after moulting.

Hypernyms

(class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum

Hyponyms

(class): Eumalacostraca, Hoplocarida, Phyllocarida - subclasses

References

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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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