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Decapoda

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Decapoda [də′kap·əd·ə]
(invertebrate zoology)
A diverse order of the class Crustacea including the shrimps, lobsters, hermit crabs, and true crabs; all members have a carapace, well-developed gills, and the first three pairs of thoracic appendages specialized as maxillipeds.
An order of dibranchiate cephalopod mollusks containing the squids and cuttle fishes, characterized by eight arms and two long tentacles.


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Now, molecular biologists have confirmed these suspicions by examining the DNA from different crustacean families within the order Decapoda, which contains all the crablike species.
 
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