Malacostracan n. : One of the Malacostraca.

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Taxonomy
segments, Class Malacostraca, Latreille, Subclass, crustaceans, Calman, free encyclopedia, thoracic segments, Superorder, subphylum, Crustacea, shrimp, mantis shrimp, malacostracans, monophyly, pairs, appendages, maxillipeds.

Defination from the web:
... Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Malacostracan) Jump to: navigation, search. Malacostraca. Fossil ... General malacostracan Bauplan. Their characteristics include: 3 tagmata: Head (5 segments), thorax (8 segments) and abdomen (6 segments (7 segments in Phyllocarida) ...