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A superorder of the Eumalacostraca; these crustaceans have the first thoracic segment united with the head, the cephalothorax usually larger than the abdomen, and some thoracic segments free from the carapace.
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exotica is not the only peracarid crustacean
that behaves in this way.
Like other peracarid crustaceans
, including the Gammaridea and Isopoda, adult Caprellidea females have a brood pouch on their thoracic segments into which eggs are released.
We analyzed the time-space variation of the peracarid crustaceans that inhabit seagrasses of the Alvarado Lagoon System, Veracruz, Gulf of Mexico.
Peracarid crustaceans from three inlets in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico: new records and range extensions.
The predominance of peracarid crustaceans
in the foreguts of the crabs suggests that O.