MALACOSTRACA Latreille, 1802
(crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)

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Subclass 77 subtaxa 1,230 images 86 ident. refs
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
ClassMALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
de Kluijver, M.J. & S.S. Ingalsuo, S.S. Crustacea wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/crustacea.php
Hynes, H.B.N , Macan, T.T. & Williams, W.D. 1960 A Key to the British Species of Crustacea: Malacostraca FBA Scientific Publication, No. 19, 36pp, Freshwater Biological Association
Smaldon, G., Holthius, L.B. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 1994 Coastal Shrimps and Prawns: Keys and Notes for Identification of the Species Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 15, Ed 2 edition, Field Studies Council
Smaldon, G. 1979 *** Coastal Shrimps and Prawns ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 15, The Linnean Society of London

Freshwater

Gledhill, T. & Wallace, I. 2010 Module 9: advanced identification of miscellaneous taxa including Crustacea https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course

MALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 137 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for MALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
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