Eucarida
plural noun
Eu·carida
(¦)yü+
: an extensive group of crustaceans having the thoracic segments covered by and fused with a carapace and the eyes on movable stalks and constituting the orders Euphausiacea and Decapoda of the subclass Malacostraca
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from eu- + -carida (from Latin carid-, caris, a kind of sea crab)