order Decapoda

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Noun	1.	order Decapoda - lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns 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.	order Decapoda - squids and cuttlefishes 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

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Astacidae decapod Decapoda family Astacidae family Nephropsidae family Paguridae family Palinuridae family Sepiidae family Spirulidae genus Architeuthis genus Loligo genus Ommastrephes Natantia Paguridae Reptantia Sepiidae Spirulidae suborder Natantia	The recent genera of the caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Class Crustacea, order Decapoda, Supersection Natantia) with keys for their determination. Distribution and abundance of pelagic shrimps from the deep ... by Achuthankutty, C.T. / Journal of Shellfish Research Now, molecular biologists have confirmed these suspicions by examining the DNA from different crustacean families within the order Decapoda, which contains all the crablike species. Copy crab: DNA confirms that crab forms have several origins. (This ... by Pickrell, J. / Science News Keywords: Cambaridae, Palaemonidae, conservation, ecology The crayfish and freshwater shrimp belonging to the order Decapoda are among the largest of Indiana's aquatic invertebrates. Checklist of the Crayfish and Freshwater Shrimp (Decapoda) of Indiana by Simon, Thomas P. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science	order Ciconiiformes order Cilioflagellata order Coccidia order code order Coleoptera order Collembola order Columbiformes order Colymbiformes order Commelinales order Coniferales order Conodonta order Conodontophorida order Coraciiformes order Cordaitales order Corrodentia order Crocodilia order Crocodylia order Cuculiformes order Cycadales order Cycadofilicales order Cyclostomata order Cydippea order Cydippida order Cydippidea order Cypriniformes order Decapoda order Dermaptera order Dermoptera order Diapensiales order Dicranales order Dictyoptera order Dinocerata order Dinoflagellata order Dinornithiformes order Diptera order Discocephali order Ebenales order Edentata order Embiodea order Embioptera order Endomycetales order Entomophthorales order Ephemerida order Ephemeroptera order Equisetales order Ericales order Erysiphales order Eubacteriales order Eubryales order Euphausiacea order Eurotiales	order Columbiformes order Colymbiformes order Commelinales Order Communication System Order Configuration and Distribution order Coniferales order Conodonta order Conodontophorida Order Control System order Coraciiformes order Cordaitales order Corrodentia order Crocodilia order Crocodylia order Cuculiformes order Cycadales order Cycadofilicales Order Cycle Time order Cyclostomata order Cydippea order Cydippida order Cydippidea order Cypriniformes Order Date order Decapoda order Dermaptera order Dermoptera order Diapensiales order Dicranales order Dictyoptera order Dinocerata order Dinoflagellata order Dinornithiformes order Diptera order Discocephali Order Driven Order dual order Ebenales order Edentata Order embedding order Embiodea order Embioptera order Endomycetales order Entomophthorales order entry order entry Order Entry and Results Reporting Order Entry Management System Order Entry Module Order Entry Representative

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Astacidae
decapod
Decapoda
family Astacidae
family Nephropsidae
family Paguridae
family Palinuridae
family Sepiidae
family Spirulidae
genus Architeuthis
genus Loligo
genus Ommastrephes
Natantia
Paguridae
Reptantia
Sepiidae
Spirulidae
suborder Natantia

The recent genera of the caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Class Crustacea, order Decapoda, Supersection Natantia) with keys for their determination.

Distribution and abundance of pelagic shrimps from the deep ... by Achuthankutty, C.T. / Journal of Shellfish Research

Now, molecular biologists have confirmed these suspicions by examining the DNA from different crustacean families within the order Decapoda, which contains all the crablike species.

Copy crab: DNA confirms that crab forms have several origins. (This ... by Pickrell, J. / Science News

Keywords: Cambaridae, Palaemonidae, conservation, ecology The crayfish and freshwater shrimp belonging to the order Decapoda are among the largest of Indiana's aquatic invertebrates.

Checklist of the Crayfish and Freshwater Shrimp (Decapoda) of Indiana by Simon, Thomas P. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science

order Ciconiiformes

order Cilioflagellata