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malacostracan

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malacostracan [ˌmæləˈkɒstrəkən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any crustacean of the subclass or group Malacostraca, including lobsters, crabs, woodlice, sand hoppers, and opossum shrimps
adj also malacostracous
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) of, relating to, or belonging to the Malacostraca
[from New Latin, from Greek malakōstrakos, from malaco- + ostrakon shell]
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Native and alien malacostracan Crustacea along the Polish Baltic Sea coast in the twentieth century.
New records of the amphipods Chelicorophium curvispinum, Gammarus ... by Herkul, Kristjan; Kotta, Jonne / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Biology/Ecology
Crustaceans predominated at both intertidal sites; malacostracans were most abundant at I1 (44%), whereas cirripedes were most numerous at I2 (39%).
Changes in the biodiversity of mussel assemblages induced by two ... by Seed, R. / Journal of Shellfish Research
edu Embryos and nauplius larvae of the dendrobranchiate malacostracan Sicyonia ingentis were stained with fluorescent phallotoxins to study myogenesis.
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