Peracarida

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek πήρα (pḗra, “pouch”) + καρίς (karís, “shrimp”).

Proper noun

Peracarida

A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Eumalacostraca – many crustaceans that have the first thoracic segment united with the head, the cephalothorax usually larger than the abdomen, and some thoracic segments free from the carapace.

Hypernyms

(subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass

Hyponyms

(superorder): Amphipoda, Bochusacea, Cumacea, Isopoda, Lophogastrida, Mictacea, Mysida, Spelaeogriphacea, Tanaidacea, Thermosbaenacea - orders

References

Peracarida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Peracarida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Peracarida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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