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Eriocheir sinensis (Chinese mitten crab)
Genus species:
   Eriocheir sinensis
Common name:
   Chinese mitten crab
Suborder:
   -n/a-
Order:
   Decapoda
Class:
   Malacostraca
Panulirus argus (Caribbean spiny lobster)
Genus species:
   Panulirus argus
Common name:
   Caribbean spiny lobster
Suborder:
   Pleocyemata
Order:
   Decapoda
Class:
   Malacostraca
Eriocheir sinensis (Chinese mitten crab)
Genus species:
   Eriocheir sinensis
Common name:
   Chinese mitten crab
Suborder:
   -n/a-
Order:
   Decapoda
Class:
   Malacostraca
Panulirus argus (Caribbean spiny lobster)
Genus species:
   Panulirus argus
Common name:
   Caribbean spiny lobster
Suborder:
   Pleocyemata
Order:
   Decapoda
Class:
   Malacostraca
Eriocheir sinensis (Chinese mitten crab)
Genus species:
   Eriocheir sinensis
Common name:
    Chinese mitten crab
Suborder:
   -n/a-
Order:
   Decapoda
Class:
   Malacostraca
Panulirus argus (Caribbean spiny lobster)
Genus species:
   Panulirus argus
Common name:
    Caribbean spiny lobster
Suborder:
   Pleocyemata
Order:
   Decapoda
Class:
   Malacostraca

Order (Animalia): Decapoda

The Decapoda or decapods (literally "ten-footed") are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns, and shrimp. Most decapods are scavengers. The order is estimated to contain nearly 15,000 species in around 2,700 genera, with around 3,300 fossil species. Nearly half of these species are crabs, with the shrimp (about 3,000 species) and Anomura including hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, squat lobsters (about 2500 species) making up the bulk of the remainder. The earliest fossil decapod is the Devonian Palaeopalaemon.


Reference: Wikipedia

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