Edriophthalma is a disused peracarid (Malacostraca) classification comprising Isopoda and Amphipoda, first proposed by William Elford Leach in 1815. They have several common features, such as the fact that they both lack a carapace, possess sessile compound eyes, and thoracic coxae fused to their pleurites. Some molecular studies have shown that t...
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• (n. pl.) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca.
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Ed`ri·oph·thal'ma noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek
'edrai^os steadfast +
'ofqalmo`s the eye.]
(Zoology) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca. [ Written also
Edriophthalmata .]
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