malacostracans

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• malacostracans — n. member of a group of crustaceans; member of the Malacostraca …   English contemporary dictionary

• malacostracan — /mal euh kos treuh keuhn/, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the crustacean subclass Malacostraca, which includes the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, etc. n. 2. a malacostracan crustacean. [1825 35; < NL Malacostrac(a) order of crustacea ( < Gk, neut …   Universalium

• Malacostraca — Temporal range: Cambrian–Recent …   Wikipedia

• crustacean — /kru stay sheuhn/, n. 1. any chiefly aquatic arthropod of the class Crustacea, typically having the body covered with a hard shell or crust, including the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, barnacles, and wood lice. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the… …   Universalium

• frontal organ — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) a. Sensory cells on the anterior surface of the cephalon of malacostracans; the haft organ or frontal eye in non malacostracans. b. The Bellonci organ of ostracods; see organ of Bellonci, frontal eye complex, x organ …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• interantennular septum — A median, ventrally directed, cuticular outgrowth that separates the two cavities into which each antennule is retracted. See: orbito antennulary pits [Ingle, 1980]. Plate in some malacostracans that separates one antennular cavity from other.… …   Crustacea glossary

• Cephalocarida — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustac …   Wikipedia

• Spotted eagle ray — Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous–Recent[1] …   Wikipedia

• Epicaridea — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea …   Wikipedia

• lateral cups — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) Paired elements of the nauplius eye; absent in malacostracans …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• cirripede — ▪ crustacean Introduction       any of the marine crustaceans of the infraclass Cirripedia (subphylum Crustacea). The best known are the barnacles. Adult cirripedes other than barnacles are internal parasites of marine invertebrates such as crabs …   Universalium