Peracarida
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek περα (pera, “pouch”) and καρις (karis, “small crustacean, shrimp or prawn”)
Proper noun
Peracarida
- A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Eumalacostraca – many crustaceans that have the first thoracic segment united with the head, the cephalothorax usually larger than the abdomen, and some thoracic segments free from the carapace.
Hypernyms
- (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass
Hyponyms
- (superorder): Amphipoda, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., Cumacea, Isopoda, Lophogastrida, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., Spelaeogriphacea, Tanaidacea, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - orders
References
Peracarida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Peracarida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Peracarida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Peracarida 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
