Malacostraca
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Ancient Greek μαλακόστρακα (malakóstraka), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “shell”).
Proper noun[edit]
Malacostraca
- A taxonomic class within the subphylum Crustacea – most crustacea - 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
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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
