decapod
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"This single event contrasts starkly with carcinization, which has occurred repeatedly across decapod species," Kawabata explains.
From Science Daily ● May 2, 2026
In the search for a better welfare of animals that we humans kill for food, researchers at the University of Gothenburg have chosen to focus on decapod crustaceans.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024
But there is also a lot we don’t know, including about decapod crustaceans such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, and shrimp.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2024
A crab-like body plan has evolved at least five separate times among decapod crustaceans, a group that includes crabs, lobsters and shrimp.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 1, 2023
They dig somewhat after the manner of the fluviatile long-tailed decapod crustaceans, of the genera Thoracostraca, the common crawfish, you know.
From The Last of the Plainsmen by Zane Grey
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