English > Decapoda: 2 senses > noun 1, animalMeaning | lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns. |
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Synonym | order Decapoda |
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Member of | Malacostraca, subclass Malacostraca | largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial / terrestrial crustaceans |
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Members | Astacidae, family Astacidae, Astacura | crayfish |
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Natantia, suborder Natantia | shrimp |
Nephropsidae, family Nephropsidae | In some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae |
Paguridae, family Paguridae | hermit crabs |
Palinuridae, family Palinuridae | spiny lobsters |
Reptantia, suborder Reptantia | lobsters |
decapod crustacean, decapod | crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | Decapoda, decápodos, orden Decapoda |
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Catalan | Decapoda, decàpodes |
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