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Definition of Decapod crustacean
1. Noun. Crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax.
Generic synonyms: Crustacean
Group relationships: Decapoda, Order Decapoda
Specialized synonyms: Crab, Lobster, Crawdad, Crawdaddy, Crawfish, Crayfish, Hermit Crab, Shrimp, Prawn, Tropical Prawn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decapod Crustacean
Literary usage of Decapod crustacean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1900)
"... described a long-tailed decapod crustacean from the Cretaceous rocks at the
Highwood River in Alberta, under the provisional name ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1880)
"... and a Devonian decapod crustacean with the name of ... this being the oldest
genuine decapod crustacean yet known). ..."
3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1877)
"W. N Lockington read the following description of a new genus and species of
decapod crustacean and the male of ..."
4. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1893)
"... decapod crustacean, having a shrimp-like body, with a thoracic carapace narrowed
but not rostrate in front, and keeled on the back and sides. ..."
5. Proteus: Or, Unity in Nature by Charles Bland Radcliffe (1877)
"As between the leg and the gill of the decapod crustacean, so also between the
leg and the wing of the true insect or hexapod, there is a very close ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1895)
"These are all descriptions of characteristic Cretaceous mollusca. Only two
Crustacea are mentioned, namely, a decapod crustacean, provisionally named . ..."
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