Multicrustacea
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The clade Multicrustacea constitutes the largest superclass of crustaceans, containing approximately four-fifths of all described non-hexapod crustacean species, including crabs, lobsters, crayfish, s
Crustacea diversity
Copepod
Sacculina Sacculina carcini (Rhizocephala) parasite of a crab.
Anew Lepas anatifera (Lepadiformes)
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
Multicrustacea
…crayfish, shrimp, krill, prawns, woodlice, barnacles, copepods, amphipods, mantis shrimp and others. The largest branch of Multicrustacea is the class Malacostraca (see below). Superclass Multicrustacea Regier, Shultz, Zwick, Hussey, Ball, Wetzer, Martin & Cunningham, 2010 Class Unknown Order Unknown †Family…
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)