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Aeschronectida

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  • American lobster
    In crustacean: Annotated classification

    AeschronectidaCarboniferous.Subclass EumalacostracaLate Devonian to Holocene; carapace (when present) not bivalved; rostrum fixed; first antenna 2-branched; thoracic legs with slender, many-segmented outer branch and stout, 7-segmented inner branch, often pincerlike, used in walking or food-gathering; 6 (rarely 7) abdominal segments, with

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  • hermit crab
    In malacostracan: Annotated classification

    †Order Aeschronectida Carboniferous; carapace covers entire thorax; thoracic legs without pincers; terminal body segment elongate; 3 families. †Order Palaeostomatopoda Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous; carapace covers thorax; anterior thoracic legs with claws; terminal body segment normal; 1 family.

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