malacostracans
1malacostracans — n. member of a group of crustaceans; member of the Malacostraca …
2malacostracan — /mal euh kos treuh keuhn/, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the crustacean subclass Malacostraca, which includes the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, etc. n. 2. a malacostracan crustacean. [1825 35; < NL Malacostrac(a) order of crustacea ( < Gk, neut …
3Malacostraca — Temporal range: Cambrian–Recent …
4crustacean — /kru stay sheuhn/, n. 1. any chiefly aquatic arthropod of the class Crustacea, typically having the body covered with a hard shell or crust, including the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, barnacles, and wood lice. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the… …
5frontal organ — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) a. Sensory cells on the anterior surface of the cephalon of malacostracans; the haft organ or frontal eye in non malacostracans. b. The Bellonci organ of ostracods; see organ of Bellonci, frontal eye complex, x organ …
6interantennular septum — A median, ventrally directed, cuticular outgrowth that separates the two cavities into which each antennule is retracted. See: orbito antennulary pits [Ingle, 1980]. Plate in some malacostracans that separates one antennular cavity from other.… …
7Cephalocarida — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustac …
8Spotted eagle ray — Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous–Recent[1] …
9Epicaridea — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea …
10lateral cups — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) Paired elements of the nauplius eye; absent in malacostracans …
