Eumalacostraca: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Family
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Eumalacostraca
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Eumalacostraca
Eumalacostraca is a subclass of crustaceans, containing almost all living malacostracans, or about 40,000 described species. The remaining subclasses of crustaceans that are not in Eumalacostraca are the Phyllocarida and possibly the Hoplocarida. Eumalacostracans have 19 segments (5 cephalic, 8 thoracic and 6 abdominal). This arrangement is known as the "caridoid facies", a term coined by William Thomas Calman in 1909. The thoracic limbs are jointed and used for swimming or walking. The common ancestor is thought to have had a carapace, and most living species possess one, but it has been lost in some subgroups.
...Eumalacostraca in languages:
- Chinese
- 真軟甲亞綱
- English
- Decapods, Isopods, and allies
- Japanese
- 真軟甲亜綱
- Korean
- 진연갑아강
- Modern Greek
- Ευμαλακόστρακα
- Polish
- Pancerzowce właściwe
- Thai
- กุ้ง ไอโซพอด ฯลฯ
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