Leptostraca

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin”) + ὄστρᾰκον (óstrakon, “shell”).

Proper noun

Leptostraca

1. A taxonomic order within the class Malacostraca – certain small marine crustaceans.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Multicrustacea - superclass; Malacostraca - class; Phyllocarida - subclass

Hyponyms

• (order): Nebaliidae, Nebaliopsididae, Paranebaliidae - families

References

• Leptostraca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Leptostraca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Leptostraca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248