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
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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521