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The most familiar subclasses are the Branchiopoda—which includes the orders Notostraca (tadpole shrimps), Diplostraca (clam shrimps and water fleas), Ostracoda (ostracods), and Copepoda (copepods) and the Cirripedia (barnacles), a subclass—and the Malacostraca, which includes the orders Stomatopoda (mantis shrimps), Mysidacea (opossum shrimps), Isopoda (isopods), Amphipoda (amphipods), and Decapoda (crayfish, lobsters, shrimps, and crabs ...

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