Leptostraca
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin”) + ὄστρᾰκον (óstrăkon, “shell”).
Proper noun
Leptostraca
- A taxonomic order within the class Malacostraca – certain small marine crustaceans.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Multicrustacea - superclass; Malacostraca - class; Phyllocarida - subclass
Hyponyms
- (order): Nebaliidae, Nebaliopsididae, Paranebaliidae - families
References
Leptostraca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Leptostraca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Leptostraca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
