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Malacostraca   Listen
proper noun
Malacostraca  n. pl.  (Zool.) A subclass of Crustacea, including Arthrostraca and Thoracostraca, or all those higher than the Entomostraca.





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"Malacostraca" Quotes from Famous Books



... times. Others announce the coming of the long-tailed Crustacea, of the lobster and shrimp type. They had primitive representatives in the earlier periods, but seem to have been overshadowed by the Trilobites and Eurypterids. As these in turn are crushed, the more highly organised Malacostraca take the lead, and primitive specimens of the shrimp ...
— The Story of Evolution • Joseph McCabe


Words linked to "Malacostraca" :   order Amphipoda, order Decapoda, order Euphausiacea, Decapoda, malacostracan crustacean, Crustacea, Euphausiacea


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