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Decapoda

Order of crustaceans

Species / taxontaxonQ4610

Scientific name: Decapoda
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1.Stated in Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemRetrieved 2013-10-22
2.Stated in Uptaded checklist, historical overview and illustrated guide to the stygobiont Malacostraca (Arthropoda: Crustacea) species of Yucatan (Mexico)
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Rank: order
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1.Stated in Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemRetrieved 2013-10-22
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Parent taxon: Eucarida
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1.Stated in Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemRetrieved 2013-10-22
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A decapod is a crustacean in the large order of Decapoda within the class Malacostraca, including crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, and prawns. Most decapods are scavengers. The order is estimated to contain nearly 15,000 extant species in around 2,700 genera, with around 3,300 fossil species. Nearly half of these species are crabs, with the shrimp and Anomura including hermit crabs, king crabs, porcelain crabs, squat lobsters making up the bulk of the remainder. The earliest fossils of the group date to the Devonian.

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Taxon common name: Kreeften, krabben & garnalen
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1.Stated in Nederlands SoortenregisterRetrieved 2017-01-19
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Homonymous taxon: Decapoda

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