Decapoda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The decapods or Decapoda ( literally means "ten footed" ) are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns and...
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Crab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura , which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (Greek: = short, ουρά / οura = tail), or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hi...
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Animal Life question: How many legs do decapods have? deca=10 pod=legs.
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A crab's segmented body has several pairs of appendages, of which usually five pairs serve as walking legs and two as sensory antennae."(1) The pincers, called chelae, are located on the front legs ans are used for fighting, display, and feeding.
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Crab Fun Facts; (Created by Angel and Clare during the 2001-2002 school year ... *The crab's teeth are in their stomachs. ... *Decapod means 10 legs.
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www.howard.k12.md.us/res/crabs/funfacts.html
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Shrimp have 5 pairs of jointed walking legs on the thorax, and they have 5 pairs of swimming legs (swimmerets) and 3 pairs of maxillae (feeding appendages) on the abdomen. ... Predators: Shrimp are eaten by many animals, including many fish, many birds (including flamingos and loons), octopi, squid, cuttlefish, and people.
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Many small members in fresh and marine habitats of importance in aquatic food chains. Primarily aquatic, mostly marine. ... Decapods are distinguishable from euphausiaceans and other malacostracans in that their first three pair of thoracic appendages, The remaining five pairs are legs (Decapoda= "ten feet").
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www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/inverts/arthropoda/crabs/her...
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3c. Polyps only, with no medusa form; body cavities divided into chambers; includes many types of corals.... Class Anthozoa; INFO LINK ... ; 23a. Mostly inside a clam-like shell; no more than 3 pairs of thin legs on thorax; usually small bottom dwellers.
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faculty.fmcc.suny.edu/mcdarby/Pages/ClassificationKey/C...
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many legs, 2 pairs per apparent segment ... many legs, 1 pair per segment; poison claw on; 1st trunk segment ... three pairs of walking legs, one on each of the three thoracic segments. Many insects have wings, which are NOT modified appendages, merely flaps of the exoskeleton of the meso- and metathoracic segments.
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biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio106/arthrpod.htm
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