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Monstrilloida

crustacean
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  • American lobster
    crustacean
    / Annotated classification

    Order MonstrilloidaParasites on marine worms and mollusks; adults free-swimming; lack mouthparts and gut; biramous swimming legs; about 80 species.Subclass Mystacocarida (mustache shrimps)Elongated; blind forms living in spaces between sand grains; antennules uniramous; antennae and mandibles biramous with long branches

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    Order MonstrilloidaParasites on marine worms and mollusks; adults free-swimming; lack mouthparts and gut; biramous swimming legs; about 80 species.Subclass Mystacocarida (mustache shrimps)Elongated; blind forms living in spaces between sand grains; antennules uniramous; antennae and mandibles biramous with long branches

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