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

MALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
BATHYNELLACEA
cave shrimps
Order 1 references
EUCARIDA
crab, shrimps, lobsters etc.
Superorder 31 subtaxa 55 trophisms 33 references
EUPHAUSIACEA
an order of crustaceans
Order 1 references
MYSIDA (ORDER)
an order of crustaceans
Order 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms 1 references
NEBALIACEA
an order of crustaceans
Order 1 references
PERACARIDA
amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.
Superorder 57 subtaxa 81 trophisms 76 references
PHYLLOCARIDA
leptostracans
Superorder 1 subtaxa 1 references
STOMATOPODA
an order of crustaceans
Order 1 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)

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 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 The Identification of Freshwater Invertebrates to Species Level

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

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to MALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.):

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