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Noun: subclass Malacostraca
  1. Largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies
    - Malacostraca

Type of: class

Part of: class Crustacea, Crustacea

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subclass Eutheria
subclass Exopterygota
subclass Hamamelidae
subclass Heterobasidiomycetes
subclass Holocephali
subclass Homobasidiomycetes
subclass Infusoria
subclass Lepidosauria
subclass Liliidae
subclass Magnoliidae
subclass Malacostraca
subclass Metatheria
subclass Ophiurida
subclass Opisthobranchia
subclass Ostracoda
subclass Pantotheria
subclass Phytomastigina
subclass Prototheria
subclass Rhizopoda
subclass Rosidae
subclass Selachii