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The Decapoda or decapods (lit. ' ten-footed ') is a large order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, and includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, and prawns.Most decapods are scavengers.
Syncaris pacifica is a ten-legged crustacean that employs a two-pronged approach to camouflage: it uses a technique of translucency coupled with strategically placed chromatophores, which occur internally as well as on the surface.
According to the crustacean taxonomist Tin-Yam Chan, "The terms shrimp and prawn have no definite reference to any known taxonomic groups. Although the term shrimp is sometimes applied to smaller species, while prawn is more often used for larger forms, there is no clear distinction between both terms and their usage is often confused or even ...
Anomura (sometimes Anomala) is a group of decapod crustaceans, including hermit crabs and others. Although the names of many anomurans include the word crab, all true crabs are in the sister group to the Anomura, the Brachyura (the two groups together form the clade Meiura).
World Register of Marine Species : taxon Multicrustacea Regier Shultz Zwick Hussey, Ball, Wetzer, Martin & Cunningham, 2010 ( + class list + orders list) Tree of Life Web Project : Multicrustacea; Animal Diversity Web : Multicrustacea [permanent dead link ] Catalog of Life : Multicrustacea; IUCN : taxon Multicrustacea
Requiring a tank with at least 10 gallons of water, Pistol Shrimp like to live in clusters for protection. These chatty crustaceans take the crown when it comes to being one of the loudest animals ...
The current upper-level classification of Branchiopoda, according to the World Register of Marine Species (2021), is as follows: [10] Class Branchiopoda Latreille, 1817. Subclass Sarsostraca Tasch, 1969 Order Anostraca Sars, 1867 Suborder Anostracina Weekers et al., 2002 Suborder Artemiina Weekers et al., 2002 Subclass Phyllopoda Preuss, 1951
The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus was chosen as the state crustacean of Maryland in 1989. [17] C. sapidus is a crab found in the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific coast of Central America and the Gulf of Mexico. The blue crab may grow to a carapace width of 230 mm (9.1 in).