Decapod
order of crustaceans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Decapoda is an order of crustaceans in the class Malacostraca. Many familiar groups, such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns and shrimp are in this order. Many decapods are scavengers - they eat dead plants and animals. Crabs are mixed feeders, taking algae and shellfish such as molluscs. Lobsters eat mostly live prey.
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"Decapoda" from Ernst Haeckel's Artforms of Nature, 1904 | |
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Superorder: | Eucarida |
Order: | Decapoda Latreille, 1802 |
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Dendrobranchiata |
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