decapoda

Noun

Meaning

The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.

A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Patterns of diversity, areas of endemism, and multiple glacial refuges for freshwater crabs of the genus Sinopotamon in China (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae). Source: Internet

Radiation of endemic species flocks in ancient lakes: systematic revision of the freshwater shrimp Caridina H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from the ancient lakes Of Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the description of eight new species. Source: Internet

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