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Crustacean vs Malacostracan - What's the difference?

crustacean | malacostracan |

As nouns the difference between crustacean and malacostracan

is that crustacean is any arthropod of the subphylum crustacea , including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice while malacostracan is (zoology) any of very many crustaceans of the class malacostraca .

crustacean

English

Noun

(wikipedia crustacean) (en-noun)
  • Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea , including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.

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    * (Crustacean) * (Crustacea) * English words suffixed with -acean

    malacostracan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any of very many crustaceans of the class Malacostraca