Krill
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Krill are small and exclusively marine crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea, found in all of the world's oceans. The name "krill" comes from the Norwegian word krill, meaning "small fry of fish", whi
Krill anatomy explained, using Euphausia superba as a model
The gills of krill are externally visible
A nauplius of Euphausia pacifica hatching, emerging backwards from the egg
Malacostraca
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Malacostraca is the second largest of the six classes of pancrustaceans after insects, containing about 40,000 living species, divided among 16 orders. Its members, the malacostracans, display a great
Leptostraca such as Nebalia bipes retain the primitive condition of having seven abdominal segments.
Grapsus grapsus, a terrestrial crab
Squilla empusa, a mantis shrimp
Odontodactylus scyllarus (Hoplocarida: Stomatopoda)