Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea

Malacostraca Latreille, 1802

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Eumalacostraca
Hoplocarida Calman, 1904
Phyllocarida Packard, 1879

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Swedish: storkräftor

Literature

basis of record

Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp.

additional source

Price, W. (2001). World list of Mysidacea.

additional source

Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp.

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Taxonomy

NeMys

External Links

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Malacostraca. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1071

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2013-06-25 by Geoff Boxshall

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