subclass Malacostraca

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subclass Malacostraca - largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies

Malacostraca

class Crustacea, Crustacea - class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas

malacostracan crustacean - a major subclass of crustaceans

Decapoda, order Decapoda - lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns

Euphausiacea, order Euphausiacea - small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill

Mysidacea, order Mysidacea - opossum shrimp

Isopoda, order Isopoda - woodlice

Amphipoda, order Amphipoda - small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp

class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

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Amphipoda class Crustacea Crustacea Decapoda Euphausiacea Isopoda Malacostraca malacostracan crustacean Mysidacea order Amphipoda order Decapoda order Euphausiacea order Isopoda order Mysidacea			subclass Cirripedia subclass Cnidosporidia subclass Commelinidae subclass Copepoda subclass Crossopterygii subclass Diapsida subclass Dibranchia subclass Dibranchiata subclass Dilleniidae subclass Dipnoi subclass Discomycetes subclass Elasmobranchii subclass Entomostraca subclass Euascomycetes subclass Euryalida subclass Eutheria subclass Exopterygota subclass Hamamelidae subclass Heterobasidiomycetes subclass Holocephali subclass Homobasidiomycetes subclass Infusoria subclass Lepidosauria subclass Liliidae subclass Magnoliidae subclass Malacostraca subclass Metatheria subclass Ophiurida subclass Opisthobranchia subclass Ostracoda subclass Pantotheria subclass Phytomastigina subclass Prototheria subclass Rhizopoda subclass Rosidae subclass Selachii subclass Synapsida subclass Teleostei subclass Telosporidia subclass Zoomastigina subclavian subclavian artery subclavian vein subclimax subclinical subclinical absence Subcolumnar subcommission subcommittee subcompact subcompact car			subclass Commelinidae subclass Copepoda subclass Crossopterygii Subclass Data File subclass Diapsida subclass Dibranchia subclass Dibranchiata subclass Dilleniidae subclass Dipnoi subclass Discomycetes subclass Elasmobranchii subclass Entomostraca subclass Euascomycetes subclass Euryalida subclass Eutheria subclass Exopterygota subclass Hamamelidae subclass Heterobasidiomycetes subclass Holocephali subclass Homobasidiomycetes subclass Infusoria subclass Lepidosauria subclass Liliidae subclass Magnoliidae subclass Malacostraca subclass Metatheria subclass Ophiurida subclass Opisthobranchia subclass Ostracoda subclass Pantotheria subclass Phytomastigina subclass Prototheria subclass Rhizopoda subclass Rosidae subclass Selachii subclass Synapsida subclass Teleostei subclass Telosporidia subclass Zoomastigina Subclasses Subclasses Subclasses Subclasses Subclasses Subclassing Subclassing Subclassing Subclassing Subclassing subclavian subclavian subclavian ansa Subclavian arteries Subclavian arteries Subclavian arteries

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