| subclass Malacostraca 
 
 largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs;
 lobsters;
 shrimps;
 sow bugs;
 beach flies
 • Syn:
 Malacostraca
 • Hypernyms:
 class
 • Member Holonyms:
 Crustacea, class Crustacea
 • Member Meronyms:
 malacostracan crustacean, Decapoda, order Decapoda, Euphausiacea, order Euphausiacea,
 Mysidacea, order Mysidacea, Isopoda, order Isopoda, Amphipoda, order Amphipoda
 
 
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