Peracarida

Translingual mul collage of species Etymology mul la-new -, from mul grc πήρα pouch + grc καρίς shrimp. Proper noun superorder class Malacostraca many crustaceans that have the first thoracic segment united with the head, the cephalothorax usually larger than the abdomen, and some thoracic segments free from the carapace Hypernyms subclass ; Crustacea subphylum subphylum; Malacostraca class class; Eumalacostraca subclass subclass Hyponyms superorder Amphipoda order, Bochusacea order, Cumacea order (hooded shrimp s, comma shrimp s), Isopoda order, Lophogastrida order, Mictacea order, Mysida order (opossum shrimps), Spelaeogriphacea order, Tanaidacea order, Thermosbaenacea order orders References