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• tanaid — ▪ crustacean       any of more than 550 species of small, bottom dwelling marine and brackish water crustaceans constituting the order Tanaidacea (superorder Peracarida, phylum Arthropoda). Tanaids have a worldwide distribution; they are… …   Universalium

• malacostracan — /mal euh kos treuh keuhn/, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the crustacean subclass Malacostraca, which includes the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, etc. n. 2. a malacostracan crustacean. [1825 35; < NL Malacostrac(a) order of crustacea ( < Gk, neut …   Universalium

• Tanaidacea — Taxobox | name = Tanaids image width = 250px image caption = Tanaisus lilljeborgi (a tanaid from the North Sea) regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca superordo = Peracarida ordo = Tanaidacea ordo… …   Wikipedia

• King George whiting — Taxobox name = King George whiting image width = 210 px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes subordo = Percoidei superfamilia = Percoidea familia = Sillaginidae genus = Sillaginodes genus authority =… …   Wikipedia

• Yellowfin whiting — Taxobox name = Yellowfin whiting status = LC image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes subordo = Percoidei superfamilia = Percoidea familia = Sillaginidae genus = Sillago species = S.… …   Wikipedia

• crustacean — /kru stay sheuhn/, n. 1. any chiefly aquatic arthropod of the class Crustacea, typically having the body covered with a hard shell or crust, including the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, barnacles, and wood lice. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the… …   Universalium

• Tropical Storm Domoina — Moderate Tropical Storm Domoina Moderate tropical storm (MFR) Tropical Storm (SSHS) Moderate Tropical Storm Domoina at landfall on Mozambique Formed January 19, 1984 …   Wikipedia

• tanaidacea — ˌtanēəˈdāshēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Tanaid , Tanais, genus of crustaceans (from Latin Tanais the river Don, from Greek Tanaïs) + acea : a small order of malacostracan crustaceans (division Peracarida) often… …   Useful english dictionary