Decapoda

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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 – 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
Category:Decapoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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