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Decapoda
The
decapoda or
decapods (literally "ten-footed") are an order of
crustaceans within the class
Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as
crayfish,
crabs,
lobsters,
prawns and
shrimp. Most decapods are
scavengers. The order is estimated to contain nearly 15,000 species in around 2,700 genera, with around 3,300 fossil species. Nearly half of these species are crabs, with the shrimp (about 3000 species) and
Anomura (including
hermit crabs,
porcelain crabs,
squat lobsters (about 2500 species) making up the bulk of the remainder. The earliest
fossil decapod is the
Devonian Palaeopalaemon.
Decapoda
Noun
1. lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns
(synonym) order Decapoda
(hypernym) animal order
(member-holonym) Malacostraca, subclass Malacostraca
(member-meronym) decapod crustacean, decapod
2. squids and cuttlefishes
(synonym) order Decapoda
(hypernym) animal order
(member-holonym) Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchiata, Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchia
(member-meronym) decapod
Decapoda
(n. pl.)
The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.
(n. pl.)
A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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