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
Order 1 references
Subclass 89 subtaxa 137 trophisms 111 references
Subclass 1 subtaxa 1 references
Subclass 1 subtaxa 2 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

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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Smaldon, G. 1979 *** Coastal Shrimps and Prawns ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 15, The Linnean Society of London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:

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

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 1,230 images of MALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
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