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Malacostraca

KingdomAnimaliaanimal kingdom
- Crustaceashrimps, crabs, lobsters, water fleas, and relatives
  - ClassMalacostraca
    Malacostraca: pictures (19)
    Malacostraca: specimens (3)
    - OrderAmphionidacea
    - OrderAmphipoda
    - OrderAnaspidacea
    - OrderBathynellacea
    - OrderCumacea
    - OrderDecapodashrimp, crabs, and their kin
      Decapoda: pictures (18)
      - FamilyCambaridaecambarid crayfish
        Cambaridae: pictures (18)
        SpeciesOrconectes propinquusnorthern clearwater crayfish
        Orconectes propinquus: information (1)
        Orconectes propinquus: pictures (5)
        SpeciesOrconectes rusticusrusty crayfish
        Orconectes rusticus: information (1)
        Orconectes rusticus: pictures (9)
    - OrderEuphausiacea
    - OrderIsopodaisopods
      Isopoda: pictures (1)
      - FamilyArmadillidiidae
        SpeciesArmadillidium vulgarepillbug
        Armadillidium vulgare: information (1)
    - OrderLeptostraca
    - OrderLophogastrida
    - OrderMysida
    - OrderStomatopoda
    - OrderTanaidacea
    - OrderThermosbaenacea

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