Decapoda

Translingual

Penaeus monodon
(suborder Dendrobranchiata)

Axius serratus
(suborder Pleocyemata)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέκα (déka, “ten”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

Proper noun

Decapoda

A taxonomic order within the class Malacostraca – the decapod crustacea.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder

Hyponyms

(order): Dendrobranchiata, Pleocyemata (suborders)

References

Decapoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Decapoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Decapoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Decapoda at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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