Crustacean
41malacostracan crustacean — noun a major subclass of crustaceans • Hypernyms: ↑crustacean • Hyponyms: ↑krill, ↑opossum shrimp, ↑isopod, ↑amphipod • Member Holonyms: ↑Malacostraca, ↑ …
42Golden Crab (Crustacean) — Taxobox name = Golden Crab image width = 240px image caption = Chaceon fenneri regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda subordo = Pleocyemata infraordo = Brachyura familia = Geryonidae… …
43cirripede — ▪ crustacean Introduction any of the marine crustaceans of the infraclass Cirripedia (subphylum Crustacea). The best known are the barnacles. Adult cirripedes other than barnacles are internal parasites of marine invertebrates such as crabs …
44clam shrimp — ▪ crustacean also called claw shrimp any member of the crustacean order Conchostraca (subclass Branchiopoda), a group of about 200 species inhabiting shallow freshwater lakes, ponds, and temporary pools throughout the world. Clam shrimps… …
45gammarid — ▪ crustacean any member of the family Gammaridae, the largest of 80 or so families that make up the crustacean order Amphipoda. The name is sometimes also used to refer to amphipods of the genus Gammarus. The gammarid body is of basic… …
46horseshoe shrimp — ▪ crustacean any member of the marine crustacean subclass Cephalocarida (class Crustacea), named because of the curving, horseshoelike shape of the body. Only nine species are known, the first of which was described in 1955. A very… …
47mustache shrimp — ▪ crustacean any member of the crustacean subclass Mystacocarida, a small group of primitive, free living marine animals. Of the few species known, the first was discovered near Woods Hole, Mass., U.S., in 1943. The shrimp s rather… …
48mussel shrimp — ▪ crustacean also called seed shrimp , or ostracod any of a widely distributed group of crustaceans belonging to the subclass Ostracoda (class Crustacea) that resemble mussels in that the body is enclosed within a bivalved (two valved)… …
49robber crab — ▪ crustacean also called coconut crab large, nocturnal land crab of the southwest Pacific and Indian oceans. It is closely related to the hermit crab and king crab. All are decapod crustaceans (order Decapoda, class Crustacea). Adults are …
50skeleton shrimp — ▪ crustacean any of certain marine crustaceans of the family Caprellidae (order Amphipoda), particularly of the genera Caprella and Aeginella. The common name derives from the slender body structure. Most species are predators on other… …
