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Decapoda

Decapoda Meaning & Definition
Decapoda Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Decapoda?

[n] squids and cuttlefishes
[n] lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns

Synonyms | Synonyms for Decapoda: order Decapoda

Related Terms | Find terms related to Decapoda:

See Also | animal order | Astacidae | Astacura | decapod | decapod crustacean | Dibranchia | Dibranchiata | family Astacidae | family Nephropsidae | family Paguridae | family Palinuridae | family Sepiidae | family Spirulidae | genus Architeuthis | genus Loligo | genus Ommastrephes | Malacostraca | Natantia | Nephropsidae | Paguridae | Palinuridae | Reptantia | Sepiidae | Spirulidae | subclass Dibranchia | subclass Dibranchiata | subclass Malacostraca | suborder Natantia | suborder Reptantia

Decapoda In Webster's Dictionary

\De*cap"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? ten + ?, ?, foot.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc. Note: They have a carapace, covering and uniting the somites of the head and thorax and inclosing a gill chamber on each side, and usually have five (rarely six) pairs of legs. They are divided into two principal groups: Brachyura and Macrura. Some writers recognize a third (Anomura) intermediate between the others. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See {Decacera}.

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