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Peracarida

crustacean

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taxonomy

  • American lobster
    In crustacean: Annotated classification

    Superorder PeracaridaFemales with a ventral brood pouch formed by plates at the bases of some of the thoracic limbs; development direct, with offspring resembling adults.Order Mysidacea (opossum shrimps)Triassic to present; carapace well-developed, covering most of thorax; 3–30 mm, with a few much larger;…

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  • hermit crab
    In malacostracan: Annotated classification

    Superorder Peracarida Carapace shortened, attached anteriorly to thorax, or lacking; eggs develop in ventral thoracic brood pouch and hatch as miniature adults. †Order Pygocephalomorpha Carboniferous to Permian; carapace large, unridged, covering thorax; ventral plates of thorax widening behind; walking legs 6-segmented; abdomen 6-segmented; coastal

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