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    The superorder Peracarida is a large group of malacostracan crustaceans, having members in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. They are chiefly...
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    The marsupium or brood pouch, is a characteristic feature of Peracarida, including the orders Amphipoda, Isopoda ,and Cumacea. It is an egg chamber formed...
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    species of malacostracans and consists of three superorders, Syncarida, Peracarida and Eucarida. Syncaridans are mostly small and found in freshwater and...
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    order of small, shrimp-like crustaceans in the malacostracan superorder Peracarida. Their common name opossum shrimps stems from the presence of a brood...
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    Alan P. Covich; James H. Thorp (1991). "Crustacea: Introduction and Peracarida". In James H. Thorp; Alan P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification...
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    terrestrial isopods, these resemble lungs. Isopods belong to the larger group Peracarida, which are united by the presence of a special chamber under the thorax...
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  • Eumalacostraca, which is further subdivided into four superorders: Eucarida, Peracarida, Hoplocarida and Syncarida. W.T. Calman coined the term caridoid facies...
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    Stygiomysida is a small order of malacostracan crustaceans in the superorder Peracarida. It has traditionally been considered part of the order Mysida (opossum...
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    Order Anaspidacea Calman, 1904 (including Stygocaridacea) Superorder Peracarida Calman, 1904 Order Spelaeogriphacea Gordon, 1957 Order Thermosbaenacea...
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    Monophyletic: many argue that the Eucarida group is a clade, sister to the Peracarida clade or to the basal Malacostraca. or to Mysida (paraphyletic Schizopoda)...
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