Entomostraca


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Noun1.Entomostraca - in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use
subclass Entomostraca
class Crustacea, Crustacea - class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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south of Cape Horn, the net was put astern several times; it never, however, brought up anything besides a few of two extremely minute species of Entomostraca. Yet whales and seals, petrels and albatross, are exceedingly abundant throughout this part of the ocean.
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Contribution to the knowledge of the freshwater Entomostraca of South America.
Trends in freshwater microcrustaceans studies in Brazil between 1990 and 2014/ Tendencias nos estudos de microcrustaceos de agua doce no Brasil entre 1990 e 2014

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