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Malacostraca

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Containing group: Crustacea

References

Jarman, S. N., S. Nicol, N. G. Elliott, and A. McMinn. 2000. 28S rDNA evolution in the Eumalacostraca and the phylogenetic position of krill. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17:26–36.

Martin, J. W. and G. E. Davis. 2001. An updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series 39. Los Angeles, CA.

Mauchline, J. 1984. Euphausiid, Stomatopod and Leptostracan Crustaceans: Keys and Notes for the Identification of the Species. Synopses of the British Fauna, New Series, no. 30. Estuarine and Brackish-water Sciences Association. Linnean Society of London. E.J Brill / Dr W. Backhuys, Leiden.

Richter, S. and G. Scholtz. 2001. Phylogenetic analysis of the Malacostraca (Crustacea). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 39:113-136.

Scholtz, G. 2000. Evolution of the nauplius stage in malacostracan crustaceans. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 38:175-187.

Schram, R. F. 1977. Paleozoogeography of Late Paleozoic and Triassic Malacostraca. Systematic Zoology 26:367-379.

Schram, F. and C. H. J. Hof. 1998. Fossils and the interrelationships of major crustacean groups. Pages 233-302 in Arthropod Fossils and Phylogeny. G. D. Edgecombe, ed. Columbia University Press, New York.

Spears, T. and L. G. Abele. 1998. Crustacean phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA. Pages 169-187 in Arthropod Relationships. R. A. Fortey and R. H. Thomas, eds. Systematics Association Special Volume Series 55. Chapman & Hall, London.

Spears, T. and L. G. Abele. 1999. The phylogenetic relationships of crustaceans with foliaceous limbs: an 18S rDNA study of Branchiopoda, Cephalocarida, and Phyllocarida. Journal of Crustacean Biology 19:825-843.

Watling, L. 1983. Peracaridan disunity and its bearing on eumalacostracan phylogeny with a redefinition of eumalacostracan superorders. Pages 213-228 in Crustacean Phylogeny, Crustacean Issues, Vol. 1. F. R. Schram, ed., A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Watling, L., C. H. J. Hof, and F. R. Schram. 2000. The place of the Hoplocarida in the Malacostracan pantheon. Journal of Crustacean Biology 20(Special Issue):1-11.

Wills, M.A. 1998. A phylogeny of Recent and fossil Crustacea derived from morphological characters. Pages 189-209 in Arthropod Relationships. R. A. Fortey and R. H. Thomas, eds. Systematics Association Special Volume Series 55. Chapman & Hall, London.

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Scientific Name Hyalella azteca
Creator Scott Bauer
Source Image Number K8451-1
Source Collection Agricultural Research Service Image Gallery
Scientific Name Elassochirus gilli
Location NOAA Auke Bay Lab, Juneau, Alaska, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Elassochirus gilli; Pacific Red Hermit Crab
Source Collection CalPhotos
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Scientific Name Stomatopoda
Location Lembeh Straits, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Mantis shrimp
Source Collection Flickr
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