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MALACOSTRACAN [1 record]

Record 1 1977-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

... Crustacean ... having a body composed of twenty segments, of which six are fused to form the head, eight comprise the thorax, and six belong to the abdomen; additional is the telson at the hind extremity of the abdomen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) Crustacé supérieur, chez lequel le nombre de segments est toujours de vingt, plus le telson; les appendices, très spécialisés sont toujours au nombre de dix-neuf (...). Le plus souvent, le jeune, à sa naissance, a la forme de ses parents, mais il peut exister des stades larvaires (...)

Spanish

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