#Decapoda__order_Decapoda lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns
supertype: animal_order the order of animals
member of: subclass_Malacostraca
member: decapod_crustacean__decapodcrustacean__decapod crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
member: suborder_Reptantia__Reptantia lobsters; crabs
member: suborder_Brachyura__Brachyura an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
member: brachyuran typical crabs
member: crab decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
member: genus_Menippe__Menippe stone crabs
member: Menippe_mercenaria__stone_crab__stonecrab large edible crab of S coat of United States especially Florida
member: family_Cancridae__Cancridae many of the best known edible crabs
member: genus_Cancer__Cancer type genus of the family Cancridae
member: Cancer_magister__Dungeness_crab small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
member: rock_crab__Cancer_irroratus crab of eastern coast of North America
member: Jonah_crab__Cancer_borealis large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America
member: family_Portunidae__Portunidae swimming crabs
member: swimming_crab marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming
member: genus_Portunus__Portunus type genus of the family Portunidae
member: English_lady_crab__Portunus_puber crab of the English coasts
member: genus_Ovalipes__Ovalipes a genus of Portunidae
member: American_lady_crab__lady_crab__calico_crab__Ovalipes_ocellatus brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the United States Atlantic coast
member: genus_Callinectes__Callinectes New World blue crabs
member: Callinectes_sapidus__blue_crab bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America
member: genus_Uca__Uca fiddler crabs
member: fiddler_crab__fiddlercrab burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male
member: family_Pinnotheridae__Pinnotheridae tiny soft-bodied crabs
member: genus_Pinnotheres__Pinnotheres type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs
member: pea_crab__peacrab tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks
member: oyster_crab__Pinnotheres_ostreum tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters
member: family_Lithodidae__Lithodidae deep-sea crabs of cold waters
member: genus_Paralithodes__Paralithodes a genus of Lithodidae
member: Paralithodes_camtschatica__king_crab__Alaska_crab__Alaskan_king_crab__Alaska_king_crab large edible crab of North Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
member: family_Majidae__Majidae spider crabs
member: spider_crab any of numerous crabs with very long legs and small triangular bodies
member: genus_Maja__Maja__Maia__genus_Maia type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan
member: European_spider_crab__king_crab__Maja_squinado large European spider crab
member: genus_Macrocheira__Macrocheira giant crabs of Japan
member: giant_crab__giantcrab__Macrocheira_kaempferi very large deep-water Japanese crab
member: lobster any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
member: family_Homaridae__Homaridae large-clawed lobsters
member: true_lobster large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs
member: genus_Homarus__Homarus type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters
member: Homarus_americanus__American_lobster__Northern_lobster__Maine_lobster lobster of Atlantic coast of America
member: Homarus_vulgaris__European_lobster lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe
member: European_lobster similar to but smaller than American lobsters
member: Cape_lobster__Homarus_capensis small lobster of southern Africa
member: family_Nephropsidae__Nephropsidae in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae
member: genus_Nephrops__Nephrops a genus of Nephropsidae
member: family_Palinuridae__Palinuridae spiny lobsters
member: genus_Palinurus__Palinurus type genus of the family Palinuridae
member: crawfish__spiny_lobster__spinylobster__langouste__rock_lobster__crayfish__sea_crawfish__seacrawfish large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
member: family_Astacidae__Astacidae__Astacura crayfish
member: crawdaddy__crayfish__crawfish__crawdad small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
member: genus_Astacus__Astacus type genus of the family Astacidae; Old World crayfish
member: Old_World_crayfish__ecrevisse small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America
member: genus_Cambarus__Cambarus a genus of Astacidae
member: American_crayfish common large crayfishes of eastern North America
member: family_Paguridae__Paguridae hermit crabs
member: genus_Pagurus__Pagurus type genus of the family Paguridae
member: hermit_crab small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods
member: suborder_Natantia__Natantia shrimp; prawns; etc.
member: family_Crangonidae__Crangonidae shrimps
member: genus_Crangon__Crangon type genus of the family Crangonidae
member: shrimp small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
member: family_Palaemonidae__Palaemonidae prawns
member: genus_Palaemon__Palaemon type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus
member: prawn shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible
member: long-clawed_prawn__river_prawn__Palaemon_australis large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers
member: family_Peneidae__Peneidae tropical prawns
member: genus_Peneus__Peneus type genus of the family Peneidae
member: tropical_prawn edible tropical and warm-water prawn
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