class Crustacea

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class Crustacea - class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleasCrustaceaArthropoda, phylum Arthropoda - jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedescrustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeletonMalacostraca, subclass Malacostraca - largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach fliesorder Stomatopoda, Stomatopoda - mantis shrimpsEntomostraca, subclass Entomostraca - in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical useBranchiopoda, subclass Branchiopoda - primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleasCopepoda, subclass Copepoda - minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceansOstracoda, subclass Ostracoda - seed shrimpsCirripedia, subclass Cirripedia - barnaclesclass - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders