Malacostraca
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Malacostraca is the largest and most diverse class of crustaceans, including crabs, lobsters, shrimp, krill, and many other familiar marine and freshwater species.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malacostraca canonical | 34 |
| Eumalacostraca | 2 |
| Gecarcinidae | 1 |
| Phyllocarida | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T741971 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Malacostraca Context triple: [Antarctic krill, class, Malacostraca]
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A.
Arthropoda
Arthropoda is the largest phylum of animals, comprising invertebrates with exoskeletons, segmented bodies, and jointed appendages such as insects, spiders, and crustaceans.
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B.
Thaliacea
Thaliacea is a class of free-floating, barrel-shaped marine tunicates that form part of the plankton and often live in colonies.
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C.
Sagittariidae
Sagittariidae is a small bird family best known for the secretarybird, a distinctive long-legged raptor native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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D.
Mollusca
Mollusca is a large and diverse phylum of invertebrate animals that includes snails, clams, squids, and octopuses, typically characterized by soft bodies often protected by a hard shell.
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E.
Mimidae
Mimidae is a family of passerine birds known for their vocal mimicry, including mockingbirds, thrashers, and catbirds.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Malacostraca Target entity description: Malacostraca is the largest and most diverse class of crustaceans, including crabs, lobsters, shrimp, krill, and many other familiar marine and freshwater species.
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A.
Arthropoda
Arthropoda is the largest phylum of animals, comprising invertebrates with exoskeletons, segmented bodies, and jointed appendages such as insects, spiders, and crustaceans.
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B.
Thaliacea
Thaliacea is a class of free-floating, barrel-shaped marine tunicates that form part of the plankton and often live in colonies.
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C.
Sagittariidae
Sagittariidae is a small bird family best known for the secretarybird, a distinctive long-legged raptor native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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D.
Mollusca
Mollusca is a large and diverse phylum of invertebrate animals that includes snails, clams, squids, and octopuses, typically characterized by soft bodies often protected by a hard shell.
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E.
Mimidae
Mimidae is a family of passerine birds known for their vocal mimicry, including mockingbirds, thrashers, and catbirds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
class of crustaceans
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| describedBy | Pierre André Latreille ⓘ |
| feedingType |
carnivorous
ⓘ
herbivorous ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater environment
ⓘ
marine environment ⓘ terrestrial environment ⓘ |
| hasAntennae | two pairs of antennae ⓘ |
| hasAppendages | biramous limbs ⓘ |
| hasBodyDivision |
abdomen
ⓘ
head ⓘ thorax ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | malacostracans ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance |
aquaculture
ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ human food ⓘ |
| hasExoskeleton | chitinous exoskeleton ⓘ |
| hasLarvalStage |
nauplius
ⓘ
zoea ⓘ |
| hasOrder |
Amphipoda
ⓘ
Decapoda ⓘ Euphausiacea ⓘ Isopoda ⓘ Stomatopoda ⓘ |
| hasRespiration | gills ⓘ |
| hasSubclass |
Eumalacostraca
ⓘ
linked to:
Malacostraca
Phyllocarida ⓘ
linked to:
Malacostraca
|
| hasTypicalSegmentNumber | 19 body segments ⓘ |
| includes |
amphipod
ⓘ
crab ⓘ decapod ⓘ euphausiid ⓘ isopod ⓘ krill ⓘ lobster ⓘ mantis shrimp ⓘ opossum shrimp ⓘ shrimp ⓘ woodlouse ⓘ |
| includesEcologicalRole |
filter feeder
ⓘ
predator ⓘ scavenger ⓘ |
| isLargestClassOf | Crustacea ⓘ |
| isMostDiverseClassOf | Crustacea ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| subphylum | Crustacea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | class ⓘ |
| undergoes | molting ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Malacostraca Description of subject: Malacostraca is the largest and most diverse class of crustaceans, including crabs, lobsters, shrimp, krill, and many other familiar marine and freshwater species.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Malacostraca
linked to: Malacostraca
linked to: Malacostraca