thecostracan

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Thecostraca +‎ -an

Noun[edit]

thecostracan (plural thecostracans)

  1. Any barnacle etc. of the subclass Thecostraca
    • 2015 September 30, “The Application of DNA Barcodes for the Identification of Marine Crustaceans from the North Sea and Adjacent Regions”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      While nine barnacle species are recorded for the German sectors of the North and Baltic Sea [95 ], the total number of thecostracan species inhabiting the North Sea is unknown.