Anaspidacea

crustacean order

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taxonomy

  • American lobster
    In crustacean: Annotated classification

    Order AnaspidaceaPermian to present; with or without eyes; antennules biramous; abdominal appendages well-developed; telson without a furca; South Australia and Tasmania; freshwater; about 8 species.Order StygocaridaceaBlind, elongated forms with a small rostrum; first thoracic segment fused to head but sixth abdominal segment free;…

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  • hermit crab
    In malacostracan: Annotated classification

    Order Anaspidacea (torrent shrimps) Triassic to Holocene; first thoracic segment fused to head; pleopods 1-branched, slender, multisegmented; fresh waters of Australia, New Zealand, and South America; 2 suborders and 4 families. Order Bathynellacea Permian to Holocene; body minute; wormlike; blind; thorax of 8 segments; legs

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