#malacostracan_crustacean__malacostracancrustacean a major subclass of crustaceans
supertype: #crustacean any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
member of: #subclass_Malacostraca
subtype: #krill shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales
subtype: #Euphausia_pacifica food for jellyfish
subtype: #opossum_shrimp__opossumshrimp shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs
subtype: #isopod any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
subtype: #woodlouse__slater any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
subtype: #pill_bug small terrestrial isopod with a convex segmented body that can roll up into a ball
subtype: #sow_bug__sowbug terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow)
subtype: #sea_louse__sealouse__sea_slater__seaslater marine isopod crustacean
subtype: #amphipod a kind of malacostracan crustacean
subtype: #beach_flea__beachflea__sand_hopper__sand_flea small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches
subtype: #skeleton_shrimp small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed
subtype: #whale_louse__whalelouse amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans
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