Decapoda

De`cap´o`da    (dė`kăp´ô`då)

prop. n. p	1.	(Zool.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.
	2.	(Zool.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Decapoda - lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns order Decapoda animal order - the order of animals Malacostraca, subclass Malacostraca - largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies decapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax Reptantia, suborder Reptantia - lobsters; crabs family Nephropsidae, Nephropsidae - in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae family Palinuridae, Palinuridae - spiny lobsters Astacidae, Astacura, family Astacidae - crayfish family Paguridae, Paguridae - hermit crabs Natantia, suborder Natantia - shrimp; prawns; etc.
	2.	Decapoda - squids and cuttlefishes order Decapoda animal order - the order of animals Dibranchia, Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchiata - comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish) decapod - cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones genus Loligo - squids genus Ommastrephes - a genus of Decapoda genus Architeuthis - giant squid family Sepiidae, Sepiidae - true cuttlefishes family Spirulidae, Spirulidae - coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications