Images showing just some of the diversity in the Decapoda. Side images are from www.nhm.org/guana/bvi-invt/bvi-surv/deca-inf.htm, central image from www.dungeness.com/crab/crab.jpg

Order Decapoda

Welcome to the wonderful world of the Decapoda! Decapods are crustaceans such as crabs, shrimps and lobsters.

• Characters/ anatomy
• Major subgroups in the order
• Fossil record
• Modern forms
• Literature and web links

Author: Robert P.D. Crean
Last updated: 14-11-2004
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