Malacostraca

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
סרטנים עילאיים
Name (Latin)
Malacostraca
Name (Arabic)
مالاكوستراكا
Other forms of name
nne Arthrostraca
Malacostracans
Podophthalmia
Thoracostraca
See Also From tracing topical name
Arthropoda
Crustacea
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q182978
Library of congress: sh 85080019
Sources of Information
  • Integrated Taxonomic Info. System, Jan. 26, 2000(Malacostraca, vernacular name: not available, usage: valid, synonyms: none, rank: Class, Subphylum Crustacea, Phylum Arthropoda)
  • Schram, F.R. Crustacea, 1986:p. 132 (some workers used taxonomic term Arthrostraca for isopods and amphipods and other groups thought to be related.)
  • Web. 3(malacostraca: a major subclass of Crustacea; arthrostraca: a division of Crustacea comprising the orders Amphipoda, Isopoda, and usu. Tanaidacea.)
  • Britannica micro.(malacostracan (class Malacostraca), any member of a widely distributed crustacean group of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial invertebrates)