Flabellifera
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Flabellifera
[‚flab·ə′lif·ə·rə] (invertebrate zoology)
The largest and morphologically most generalized suborder of isopod crustaceans; the biramous uropods are attached to the sides of the abdomen and may form, with the last abdominal fragment, a caudal fan.
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