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Welcome to Superclass Multicrustacea!

Multicrustacea - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea

(From Wikipedia) The clade Multicrustacea constitutes the largest superclass of crustaceans, containing approximately four-fifths of all described crustacean species, including crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, prawns, woodlice, barnacles, copepods, amphipods, mantis shrimp and others.

FACT: A few select species of crustaceans are actually capable of repairing their own DNA when it is damaged!

Currently discovered: 2/2 Classes

Class

  1. Hexanauplia - Barnacles and Copepods
  2. Malacostraca - Malacostracans