thecostracan

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noun

Any barnacle etc. of the class Thecostraca (formerly a subclass).

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Meanings

nounthecostracan (plural thecostracans)

plural thecostracans

  1. Any barnacle etc. of the class Thecostraca (formerly a subclass).

    While nine barnacle species are recorded for the German sectors of the North and Baltic Sea [95 ], the total number of thecostracan species inhabiting the North Sea is unknown.

    2015 September 30, “The Application of DNA Barcodes for the Identification of Marine Crustaceans from the North Sea and Adjacent Regions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From translingual Thecostraca + -an.

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