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{{short description|Order of crustaceans}} {{other uses}} {{distinguish|Decapodiformes}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Decapoda | fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Devonian|recent}} | image = Decapoda_montage.jpg | image_caption = From left to right: ''[[Grapsus grapsus]]'' ([[Brachyura]]), [[Coconut crab]] ([[Anomura]]), ''[[Lysmata amboinensis]]'' ([[Caridea]]), ''[[Homarus gammarus]]'' ([[Astacidea]]). | taxon = Decapoda | authority = [[Pierre André Latreille|Latreille]], 1802 | subdivision_ranks = Suborders | subdivision = [[Dendrobranchiata]]<br/> [[Pleocyemata]]<br/> See text for superfamilies. }} The '''Decapoda''' or '''decapods''', from [[Ancient Greek]] δεκάς (''dekás''), meaning "ten", and πούς (''poús''), meaning "foot", is a large [[order (biology)|order]] of [[crustacean]]s within the class [[Malacostraca]], and includes [[crab]]s, [[lobster]]s, [[crayfish]], [[Caridea|shrimp]], and [[Dendrobranchiata|prawns]]. Most decapods are [[scavenger]]s. The order is estimated to contain nearly 15,000 extant species in around 2,700 genera, with around 3,300 fossil species.<ref name="Grave">{{cite journal|journal=[[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology]] |year=2009 |volume=Suppl. 21 |pages=1–109 |title=A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans |author1=Sammy De Grave |author2=N. Dean Pentcheff |author3=Shane T. Ahyong |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |display-authors=etal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-06 }}</ref> Nearly half of these species are crabs, with the shrimp (about 3,000 species) and [[Anomura]] including [[hermit crab]]s, [[king crab]]s, [[porcelain crab]]s, [[squat lobster]]s (about 2500 species) making up the bulk of the remainder.<ref name="Grave"/> The earliest fossils of the group date to the [[Devonian]]. ==Anatomy== {{main|Decapod anatomy}} Decapods can have as many as 38 appendages,<ref name="Decapod_characters">{{cite web|url=http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Palaeofiles/Fossilgroups/Decapoda/characters.html|website=University of Bristol: Decapoda characters|title=Decapoda characters and anatomy|access-date=11 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110024412/http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Palaeofiles/Fossilgroups/Decapoda/characters.html|archive-date=10 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> arranged in one pair per body segment. As the name Decapoda (from the [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|el|[[:wikt:δέκα|δέκα]]}}, ''{{lang|el|[[:wikt:deca-|deca-]]}}'', "ten", and {{lang|el|[[:wikt:πούς|πούς]] / ποδός}}, ''[[:wikt:-pod|-pod]]'', "foot") implies, ten of these appendages are considered legs. They are the [[pereiopod]]s, found on the last five thoracic segments.<ref name="Decapod_characters" /> In many decapods, one pair of these "legs" has enlarged pincers, called [[chela (organ)|chelae]], with the legs being called chelipeds. In front of the pereiopods are three pairs of [[maxilliped]]s that function as feeding appendages. The head has five pairs of appendages, including [[Arthropod mouthparts|mouthparts]], antennae, and antennules. There are five more pairs of appendages on the abdomen. They are called [[pleopod]]s. There is one final pair called [[uropod]]s, which, with the [[telson]], form the tail fan.<ref name="Decapod_characters" /> [[File:Haeckel Decapoda.jpg|thumb|right|"Decapoda" from [[Ernst Haeckel|Ernst Haeckel's]] ''[[Kunstformen der Natur]]'', 1904]] ==Evolution== A 2019 [[molecular clock]] analysis suggested decapods originated in the [[Late Ordovician]] around 455 million years ago, with the [[Dendrobranchiata]] (prawns) being the first group to diverge. The remaining group, called [[Pleocyemata]], then diverged between the swimming [[shrimp]] groupings and the crawling/walking group called [[Reptantia]], consisting of [[lobsters]] and [[crabs]]. High species diversification can be traced to the [[Jurassic]] and [[Cretaceous]] periods, which coincides with the rise and spread of modern [[coral reefs]], a key habitat for the decapods.<ref name=Wolfe2019>{{cite journal |last1=Wolfe |first1=Joanna M. |last2=Breinholt |first2=Jesse W. |last3=Crandall |first3=Keith A. |last4=Lemmon |first4=Alan R. |last5=Lemmon |first5=Emily Moriarty |last6=Timm |first6=Laura E. |last7=Siddall |first7=Mark E. |last8=Bracken-Grissom |first8=Heather D. |display-authors=6 | date=24 April 2019 |title=A phylogenomic framework, evolutionary timeline, and genomic resources for comparative studies of decapod crustaceans |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B |volume=286 |issue=1901 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2019.0079 |doi-access=free |pmc=6501934 |pmid=31014217}}</ref> Despite the inferred early origin, the oldest fossils of the group such as ''[[Palaeopalaemon]]'' only date to the [[Late Devonian]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Gueriau |first1=Pierre |last2=Rak |first2=Štěpán |last3=Broda |first3=Krzysztof |last4=Kumpan |first4=Tomáš |last5=Viktorýn |first5=Tomáš |last6=Valach |first6=Petr |last7=Zatoń |first7=Michał |last8=Charbonnier |first8=Sylvain |last9=Luque |first9=Javier |date=2020-10-25 |title=Exceptional Late Devonian arthropods document the origin of decapod crustaceans |url=http://biorxiv.org/lookup/doi/10.1101/2020.10.23.352971 |language=en |doi=10.1101/2020.10.23.352971|s2cid=226229304 }}</ref> The [[cladogram]] below shows the internal relationships of Decapoda, from analysis by Wolfe ''et al.'' (2019).<ref name=Wolfe2019/> {{Decapoda cladogram}} In the cladogram above, the [[clade]] [[Glypheidea]] is excluded due to lack of sufficient DNA evidence, but is likely the [[sister taxon|sister clade]] to [[Polychelida]], within [[Reptantia]].<ref name=Wolfe2019/> ==Classification== Classification within the order Decapoda depends on the structure of the [[gill]]s and legs, and the way in which the [[larva]]e develop, giving rise to two suborders: [[Dendrobranchiata]] and [[Pleocyemata]]. The Dendrobranchiata consist of prawns, including many species colloquially referred to as "shrimp", such as the "white shrimp", ''[[Litopenaeus setiferus]]''. The Pleocyemata include the remaining groups, including "true shrimp".<ref>{{cite book |author=Elena Mente |year=2008 |title=Reproductive Biology of Crustaceans: Case Studies of Decapod Crustaceans |publisher=[[Science Publishers]] |isbn=978-1-57808-529-3 |page=16}}</ref> Those groups that usually walk rather than swim (Pleocyemata, excluding Stenopodidea and Caridea) form a clade called Reptantia.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=G. Scholtz |author2=S. Richter |year=1995 |title=Phylogenetic systematics of the reptantian Decapoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca) |journal=[[Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society]] |volume=113 |pages=289–328 |doi=10.1006/zjls.1995.0011 |issue=3}}</ref> This classification to the level of superfamilies follows De Grave ''et al.''<ref name="Grave"/> [[File:Penaeus vannamei 01.jpg|thumb|right|[[Whiteleg shrimp]], ''Litopenaeus vannamei'' ([[Dendrobranchiata]]: [[Penaeoidea]])]] [[File:Heterocarpus ensifer.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Heterocarpus ensifer]]'' ([[Caridea]]: [[Pandaloidea]])]] [[File:Austropotamobius pallipes.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Austropotamobius pallipes]]'' ([[Astacidea]]: [[Astacoidea]])]] [[File:Upogebia deltaura.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Upogebia deltaura]]'' ([[Gebiidea]]: [[Upogebiidae]])]] [[File:Lobster 300.jpg|thumb|right|[[California spiny lobster]], ''Panulirus interruptus'' ([[Achelata]]: [[Palinuridae]])]] [[File:Polycheles sculptus.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Polycheles sculptus]]'' ([[Polychelida]]: [[Polychelidae]])]] [[File:CoenobitaVariabilis2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Australian land hermit crab]], ''Coenobita variabilis'' ([[Anomura]]: [[Paguroidea]])]] [[File:Blue crab on market in Piraeus - Callinectes sapidus Rathbun 20020819-317.jpg|thumb|right|Atlantic blue crab, ''[[Callinectes sapidus]]'' ([[Brachyura]]: [[Portunoidea]])]] Order '''Decapoda''' <small>Latreille, 1802</small> *Suborder '''[[Dendrobranchiata]]''' <small>Bate, 1888</small> **[[Penaeoidea]] <small>Rafinesque, 1815</small> **[[Sergestoidea]] <small>Dana, 1852</small> *Suborder '''[[Pleocyemata]]''' <small>Burkenroad, 1963</small> **Infraorder '''[[Stenopodidea]]''' <small>Bate, 1888</small> **Infraorder '''[[Caridea]]''' <small>Dana, 1852</small> ***[[Procaridoidea]] <small>Chace & Manning, 1972</small> ***[[Galatheacaridoidea]] <small>Vereshchaka, 1997</small> ***[[Pasiphaeoidea]] <small>Dana, 1852</small> ***[[Oplophoroidea]] <small>Dana, 1852</small> ***[[Atyoidea]] <small>De Haan, 1849</small> ***[[Bresilioidea]] <small>Calman, 1896</small> ***[[Nematocarcinoidea]] <small>Smith, 1884</small> ***[[Psalidopodoidea]] <small>Wood-....., 1874</small> ***[[Stylodactyloidea]] <small>Bate, 1888</small> ***[[Campylonotoidea]] <small>Sollaud, 1913</small> ***[[Palaemonoidea]] <small>Rafinesque, 1815</small> ***[[Alpheoidea]] <small>Rafinesque, 1815</small> ***[[Processoidea]] <small>Ortmann, 1896</small> ***[[Pandaloidea]] <small>Haworth, 1825</small> ***[[Physetocaridoidea]] <small>Chace, 1940</small> ***[[Crangonoidea]] <small>Haworth, 1825</small> **Infraorder '''[[Astacidea]]''' <small>Latreille, 1802</small> ***[[Enoplometopoidea]] <small>de Saint Laurent, 1988</small> ***[[Nephropoidea]] <small>Dana, 1852</small> ***[[Astacoidea]] <small>Latreille, 1802</small> ***[[Parastacoidea]] <small>Huxley, 1879</small> **Infraorder '''[[Glypheidea]]''' <small>Winckler, 1882</small> ***[[Glypheoidea]] <small>Winckler, 1882</small> **Infraorder '''[[Axiidea]]''' <small>de Saint Laurent, 1979b</small> **Infraorder '''[[Gebiidea]]''' <small>de Saint Laurent, 1979</small> **Infraorder '''[[Achelata]]''' <small>Scholtz & Richter, 1995</small> **Infraorder '''[[Polychelida]]''' <small>Scholtz & Richter, 1995</small> **Infraorder '''[[Anomura]]''' <small>MacLeay, 1838</small> ***[[Aegloidea]] <small>Dana, 1852</small> ***[[Galatheoidea]] <small>Samouelle, 1819</small> ***[[Hippoidea]] <small>Latreille, 1825a</small> ***[[Chirostyloidea]] <small>Ortmann, 1892 </small> ***[[Lomisoidea]] <small>Bouvier, 1895</small> ***[[Paguroidea]] <small>Latreille, 1802</small> **Infraorder '''[[Brachyura]]''' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> ***Section [[Dromiacea]] <small>De Haan, 1833</small> ****[[Dromioidea]] <small>De Haan, 1833</small> ****[[Homolodromioidea]] <small>Alcock, 1900</small> ****[[Homoloidea]] <small>De Haan, 1839</small> ***Section [[Raninoida]] <small>De Haan, 1839</small> ***Section [[Cyclodorippoida]] <small>Ortmann, 1892</small> ***Section [[Eubrachyura]] <small>de Saint Laurent, 1980</small> ****Subsection [[Heterotremata]] <small>Guinot, 1977</small> *****[[Aethroidea]] <small>Dana, 1851</small> *****[[Bellioidea]] <small>Dana, 1852</small> *****[[Bythograeoidea]] <small>Williams, 1980</small> *****[[Calappoidea]] <small>De Haan, 1833</small> *****[[Cancroidea]] <small>Latreille, 1802</small> *****[[Carpilioidea]] <small>Ortmann, 1893</small> *****[[Cheiragonoidea]] <small>Ortmann, 1893</small> *****[[Corystoidea]] <small>Samouelle, 1819</small> *****[[Dairoidea]] <small>Serène, 1965</small> *****[[Dorippoidea]] <small>MacLeay, 1838</small> *****[[Eriphioidea]] <small>MacLeay, 1838</small> *****[[Gecarcinucoidea]] <small>Rathbun, 1904</small> *****[[Goneplacoidea]] <small>MacLeay, 1838</small> *****[[Hexapodoidea]] <small>Miers, 1886</small> *****[[Leucosioidea]] <small>Samouelle, 1819</small> *****[[Majoidea]] <small>Samouelle, 1819</small> *****[[Orithyioidea]] <small>Dana, 1852c</small> *****[[Palicoidea]] <small>Bouvier, 1898</small> *****[[Parthenopoidea]] <small>MacLeay,</small> *****[[Pilumnoidea]] <small>Samouelle, 1819</small> *****[[Portunoidea]] <small>Rafinesque, 1815</small> *****[[Potamoidea]] <small>Ortmann, 1896</small> *****[[Pseudothelphusoidea]] <small>Ortmann, 1893</small> *****[[Pseudozioidea]] <small>Alcock, 1898</small> *****[[Retroplumoidea]] <small>Gill, 1894</small> *****[[Trapezioidea]] <small>Miers, 1886</small> *****[[Trichodactyloidea]] <small>H. Milne-Edwards, 1853</small> *****[[Xanthoidea]] <small>MacLeay, 1838</small> ****Subsection [[Thoracotremata]] <small>Guinot, 1977</small> *****[[Cryptochiroidea]] <small>Paul'son, 1875</small> *****[[Grapsoidea]] <small>MacLeay, 1838</small> *****[[Ocypodoidea]] <small>Rafinesque, 1815</small> *****[[Pinnotheroidea]] <small>De Haan, 1833</small> ==See also== {{Portal|Crustaceans|Arthropods}} *[[List of Atlantic decapod species]] *[[Phylogeny of Malacostraca]] ==References== {{Reflist|25em}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Decapoda}} *{{Wikispecies-inline}} * [http://decapoda.nhm.org/ Decapod Crustacea] "Tree of Life" page at the [[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County]] {{Malacostraca}} {{Decapoda}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q4610}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Decapods| ]] [[Category:Crustacean orders]] [[Category:Extant Devonian first appearances]] [[Category:Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille]]
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