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Phreatoicoidea

Phreatoicoidea

[frē‚ad·ō·i′kȯid·ē·ə]
(invertebrate zoology)
A suborder of the Isopoda having a subcylindrical body that appears laterally compressed, antennules shorter than the antennae, and the first thoracic segment fused with the head.
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