Peracarida

Translingual

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

Peracarida

1. A taxonomic superorder within the class Malacostraca – 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 (hooded shrimps, comma shrimps), Isopoda, Lophogastrida, Mictacea, Mysida (opossum shrimps), 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