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Crustacea
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crustacea crustácea
Translingual
thumb|selected Crustacea
Etymology
mul :af la:crusta -acea
From mul crusta -acea la shell.
Proper noun
subphylum phylum Arthropoda crustaceans
Usage notes
The subphylum Crustacea subphylum is paraphyletic; some animals traditionally classified as crustaceans are actually more related to hexapods (insects, springtails, etc) than to other members of Crustacea.
Hypernyms
subphylum
Hyponyms
subphylum Branchiopoda class, Cephalocarida class, Malacostraca class, Maxillopoda class, Ostracoda class, Remipedia class classes
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