Entomostraca (Noun)
Meaning
In some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The Entomostraca group in early taxonomic classifications encompassed various subclasses of small crustaceans such as ostracods and copepods.
- Historically, Entomostraca was used to describe an order-level classification within crustaceans, incorporating distinct groups of tiny, often microscopic animals.
- Despite the group's redundancy in modern classifications, early references to Entomostraca often captured a reader's imagination with its simplistic and ancient appearance.
- The old collective classification Entomostraca for certain suborders signified an early attempt at organizing poorly understood microorganisms within the crustacean phylum.
- This outdated grouping of the Entomostraca failed to represent the significant diversity in tiny crustacean body forms and their distinct biological requirements.