Species: malacostracan
Malacostraca, also known as Malacostracans, are a large class of crustacean, containing 16 orders full of diverse species. They are in heavy abundance within all kinds of aquatic environments, colonizing both marine and freshwater, and also can be seen in terrestrial habitats.
Within the class are some of the more "typical" crustaceans, such as standard crabs and lobsters.
See also
- crustacean
- malacostracan
The following tags are aliased to this tag: malacostraca (learn more).
This tag implicates crustacean (learn more).
The following tags implicate this tag: mantis_shrimp, isopoda, decapoda, opossum_shrimp, amphipod, krill, hermit_crab (learn more).