An order of small crustaceans (sea creatures with shells), comprising the cumaceans, which are tiny shrimp-like animals.
From Greek kyma (wave or swell), possibly referring to their appearance or habitat. The scientific taxonomic suffix -cea indicates this is a biological order or classification in zoology.
Cumaceans are some of the ocean's tiniest abundant creatures—they're barely larger than a grain of rice but exist in such massive numbers in ocean sediments that they're probably the most numerous animals on Earth by individual count, yet most people have never heard of them.
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