Associations to the word «Entomostraca»

Wiktionary

ENTOMOSTRACA, proper noun. (obsolete) A taxonomic subclass within the subphylum Crustacea   — originally considered one of the two major lineages of crustaceans (the other being the class Malacostraca).

Dictionary definition

ENTOMOSTRACA, noun. In some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use.

Wise words

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