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Malacostraca

the crustacean group containing crabs, lobsters, shrimps, crayfish, etc. See also CARIDOID FACIES.
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Antennules are olfactory organs involved in detection of odorants that stimulate upstream locomotion and tracking of distant odor sources by diverse malacostracan crustaceans (e.g., Devine and Atema, 1982; Atema, 1998; Mead, 2002; Mead et al., 2003; Weissburg et al., 2012; Moore and Kraus-Epley, 2013).
Flexibility of crab chemosensory sensilla enables flicking antennules to sniff
These characteristics are highly divergent from the body plan of other malacostracan crustaceans; therefore, Caprellidea are of great interest for understanding the evolution of morphological novelty.
Phylogenetic analysis of caprellid and corophioid amphipods (Crustacea) based on the 18S rRNA gene, with special emphasis on the phylogenetic position of Phtisicidae
The origin and biogeography of Malacostracan crustaceans in the deep sea.
Hydromineral regulation in the hydrothermal vent crab bythograea thermydron

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