Order Summary for Decapoda

  Main Ref.
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  Order
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Decapoda lobster, shrimp and crabs
  Class
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Malacostraca
  Sister Order
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  M years
  Ref.
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  First Fossil Record
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  Occurs in
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Marine
Fresh
Brackish
  Remark
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  Class etymology
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  Order etymology
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  Families
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( n = ) -
Acanthephyridae Acidopsidae Aeglidae Aethridae Agostocarididae Albuneidae Alpheidae Alvinocarididae Amphionididae Anchistioididae Aphanodactylidae Aristeidae Astacidae Atelecyclidae Atyidae Axianassidae Axiidae Barbouriidae Bathypalaemonellidae Belliidae Benthesicymidae Blepharipodidae Bresiliidae Bythograeidae Calappidae Callianassidae Callianideidae Callichiridae Calocarididae Cambaridae Camptandriidae Campylonotidae Cancridae Carcinidae Carpiliidae Catoptridae Chasmocarcinidae Cheiragonidae Chirostylidae Coenobitidae Conleyidae Corystidae Crangonidae Crossotonotidae Cryptochiridae Ctenochelidae Cyclodorippidae Cymonomidae Dacryopilumnidae Dairidae Dairoididae Desmocarididae Diogenidae Disciadidae Domeciidae Dorippidae Dotillidae Dromiidae Dynomenidae Eiconaxiidae Enoplometopidae Epialtidae Eriphiidae Ethusidae Eucalliacidae Eugonatonotidae Euryplacidae Euryrhynchidae Galatheacarididae Galatheidae Galenidae Gecarcinidae Gecarcinucidae Geryonidae Glypheidae Glyphocrangonidae Glyptograpsidae Gnathophyllidae Goneplacidae Grapsidae Hapalogastridae Hectarthropidae Heloeciidae Hexapodidae Hippidae Hippolytidae Homolidae Homolodromiidae Hymenoceridae Hymenosomatidae Hypothalassiidae Inachidae Inachoididae Iphiculidae Kakaducarididae Kiwaidae Laomediidae Latreilliidae Leucosiidae Lipkiidae Lithodidae Litocheiridae Lomisidae Luciferidae Lyreididae Lysmatidae Macromaxillocarididae Macrophthalmidae Macropipidae Majidae Mathildellidae Matutidae Menippidae Micheleidae Mictyridae Mithracidae Munididae Munidopsidae Nematocarcinidae Nephropidae Not assigned Ocypodidae Ogyrididae Oplophoridae Oregoniidae Orithyiidae Oziidae Paguridae Palaemonidae Palicidae Palinuridae Pandalidae Panopeidae Parapaguridae Parastacidae Parthenopidae Pasiphaeidae Penaeidae Phyllotymolinidae Physetocarididae Pilumnidae Pilumnoididae Pinnotheridae Pirimelidae Pisidae Plagusiidae Planopilumnidae Platyxanthidae Polybiidae Polychelidae Porcellanidae Portunidae Potamidae Potamonautidae Poupiniidae Procarididae Processidae Progeryonidae Psalidopodidae Pseudochelidae Pseudorhombilidae Pseudothelphusidae Pseudoziidae Pylochelidae Pylojacquesidae Raninidae Retroplumidae Rhynchocinetidae Scalopidiidae Scyllaridae Sergestidae Sesarmidae Sicyoniidae Solenoceridae Spongicolidae Stenopodidae Sternostylidae Strahlaxiidae Stylodactylidae Tanaocheleidae Tetraliidae Thalassinidae Thalassocarididae Thiidae Thomassiniidae Thoridae Trapeziidae Trichodactylidae Trichopeltariidae Typhlocarididae Ucididae Upogebiidae Varunidae Vultocinidae Xanthidae Xenograpsidae Xenophthalmidae Xiphocarididae

Ref.
[ e.g. 3742]                  
Glossary
                      [ e.g. cnidaria]