order Decapoda

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	order Decapoda - lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawnsDecapodaanimal order - the order of animalsMalacostraca, subclass Malacostraca - largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach fliesdecapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thoraxReptantia, suborder Reptantia - lobsters; crabsfamily Nephropsidae, Nephropsidae - in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridaefamily Palinuridae, Palinuridae - spiny lobstersAstacidae, Astacura, family Astacidae - crayfishfamily Paguridae, Paguridae - hermit crabsNatantia, suborder Natantia - shrimp; prawns; etc.
	2.	order Decapoda - squids and cuttlefishesDecapodaanimal order - the order of animalsDibranchia, Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchiata - comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)decapod - cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long onesgenus Loligo - squidsgenus Ommastrephes - a genus of Decapodagenus Architeuthis - giant squidfamily Sepiidae, Sepiidae - true cuttlefishesfamily Spirulidae, Spirulidae - coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications