Tanaidacea


Tanaidacea

[‚tan·ē·ə′dā·shə] (invertebrate zoology) An order of eumalacostracans of the crustacean superorder Peracarida; the body is linear, more or less cylindrical or dorsoventrally depressed, and the first and second thoracic segments are fused with the head, forming a carapace.