decapod crustacean

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decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax

decapod

crustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton

Decapoda, order Decapoda - lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns

crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers

lobster - any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae

crawdaddy, crawfish, crawdad, crayfish - small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

hermit crab - small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods

shrimp - small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

prawn - shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible

tropical prawn - edible tropical and warm-water prawn

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A study on the decapod crustacean fauna of the coast of Gerze-Hamsaroz (Sinop).

Length-Weight Relationships and Condition Factors of Five Crab Species (Decapoda) in the Black Sea

Decapod crustacean assemblages off the West coast of central Italy (western Mediterranean).

Decapod Crustaceans in the Marmara Island (Marmara Sea) and Ecological Characteristics of Their Habitats

Growth can be slowed by diet and environmental factors in other decapod crustacean species (e.g., Oliveira and Fabiao, 1998; Seitz et al., 2005).

Abundance and size of sand crabs, Lepidopa benedicti (Decapoda: albuneidae), in Southern Texas

Decapod crustacean grooming: functional morphology, adaptive value, and phylogenetic significance.

First evidence on the epiphytic macroalga Pylaiella littoralis on the prawn Palaemon adspersus

Roles of neurotransmitters in regulating reproductive hormone release and gonadal maturation in decapod crustacean. Invertebrate reproduction and development 31: 47-54.

Moult-modulating effect of serotonin in the crab Oziotelphusa senex senex (Fabricius)

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Detection of unconjugated and conjugated steroids in the ovary, eggs, and haemolymph of the decapod crustacean Neprops norvegicus.

Embryotoxicity of the Alkylphenol Degradation Product 4-Nonylphenol to the Crustacean Daphnia magna

These potential hosts included 16 fish families, three amphibian families, and two decapod crustacean families.

Metamorphosis of freshwater mussel Glochidia (Bivalvia: Unionidae) on amphibians and exotic fishes

In some species of decapod crustacean crabs, females carrying embryos close to hatching have ovaries in the advanced stage of maturity.