entomostraca

• Таксономическая группа в старых классификациях, включавшая жаброногих, веслоногих, ракушковых и усоногих ракообразных; этот термин больше не используется в современных научных контекстах.

A taxonomic group in older classifications that included branchiopods, copepods, ostracods, and cirripeds; this term is no longer used in modern technical contexts.

uncountable · proper noun

1. A taxonomic group of crustaceansC2formalscientific

   A group in older classifications that includes Branchiopoda, Copepoda, Ostracoda, and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use.

   Таксономическая группа ракообразных

   • The Entomostraca were once considered a subclass of Crustacea.
   • Early zoologists grouped many small aquatic crustaceans under Entomostraca.
   • The classification of Entomostraca has been abandoned in modern taxonomy.
   • Specimens previously assigned to Entomostraca are now placed in separate classes.