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Maxillopoda

crustacean class

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taxonomy

  • American lobster
    In crustacean: Annotated classification

    Class MaxillopodaFive pairs of head appendages; single, simple, median eye; antennules uniramous; maxillae usually present; up to 11 trunk segments; over 23,000 species.Subclass ThecostracaBivalved carapace of cypris larva forms an enveloping mantle in the adult; parasitic forms recognizable only by larval stages.Subclass…

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  • In cirripede: Evolution and paleontology

    The Cirripedia belong to the Maxillopoda, an ancient radiation of relatively small, primarily marine crustaceans (e.g., Branchiura, Facetotecta, Tantulocarida, Ascothoracida, and Rhizocephala). Many maxillopods are wholly parasitic. Of the six nonparasitic subclasses the Orstenocarida and Skaracarida are extinct (Cambrian), and the Mystacocarida are generally restricted to a narrow band of…

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