Crustacea

See also: crustacea and crustácea

Translingual

Etymology

Latin crusta (“shell”) +‎ -acea

Proper noun

Crustacea

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Arthropoda – the crustaceans.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(subphylum): Branchiopoda, Cephalocarida, Malacostraca, Maxillopoda, Ostracoda, Remipedia - classes

References

Crustacea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Crustacea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Crustacea 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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