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Thecostraca

crustacean
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  • American lobster
    crustacean
    / Annotated classification

    Subclass ThecostracaBivalved carapace of cypris larva forms an enveloping mantle in the adult; parasitic forms recognizable only by larval stages.Subclass Cirripedia (barnacles)Late Silurian to present; sedentary; 6 pairs of trunk limbs (cirri); larvae free-swimming; sessile adults with carapace developed into a mantle; about…

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    Subclass ThecostracaBivalved carapace of cypris larva forms an enveloping mantle in the adult; parasitic forms recognizable only by larval stages.Subclass Cirripedia (barnacles)Late Silurian to present; sedentary; 6 pairs of trunk limbs (cirri); larvae free-swimming; sessile adults with carapace developed into a mantle; about…

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