Malacostraca

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μαλακόστρακα (malakóstraka), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “shell”).

Proper noun

Malacostraca

1. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Crustacea – most crustacea - crabs, lobsters, shrimps etc., which have soft shells after moulting.

Hypernyms

• (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Eumalacostraca, Hoplocarida, Phyllocarida - subclasses

References

• Malacostraca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Malacostraca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Malacostraca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Malacostraca at BugGuide
• Malacostraca at the Tree of Life Web Project
• 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