Decapod

Of crustacean and Decapoda.   May also be referred to as decapod crustacean.

Crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax.

This concept's ID is @1~10081

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  • crab 11 facts

    Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded...

  • lobster 4 facts

    Any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and...

  • shrimp 3 facts

    Small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair...

  • crawfish 2 facts

    Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster.

  • prawn 1 facts

    Shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible.

  • tropical prawn 0 facts

    Edible tropical and warm-water prawn.

  • hermit crab 0 facts

    Small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods.