Malacostraca
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek 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
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References
Malacostraca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Malacostraca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Malacostraca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Malacostraca at BugGuide
- 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
