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Malacostracans

      Malacostraca is the largest of the six classes of crustaceans, containing over 25,000 extant species, divided among 16 orders. Its members display a greater diversity of body forms than any other class of animals, and include crabs, lobsters, shrimp, krill, woodlice, scuds (Amphipoda), mantis shrimp and many other less familiar animals. They are abundant in all marine environments and have also colonised freshwater and terrestrial habitats. They are united by a common "Bauplan", comprising 20 body segments (rarely 21), divided into a head, thorax and abdomen.

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Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB547
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859Budil et al. (2010), Fig. 7D PB509
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859Budil et (2010), Fig. 7 C PB510
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB558
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB559
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010), PB535
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB539
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB543
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB546
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB550
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB552
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB556
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB534
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB537
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859Budil et al. (2010), Fig. 7 B PB511
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB540
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB553
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB555
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859AD, Budil et al (2010) PB557
Ceratiocaris papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859Budil et al. (2010), Fig.4 A,B, Fig. 5 A-D, Fig. 6 A-Bfoto PB505

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