decapodan

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decapodan

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alternative, not comparable Alternative form of decapod However, no decapodan crustaceans have yet been found in any of the numerous abyssopelagic and bottom samples from depths greater than 6,000 m.

noun decapodans

alternative Alternative form of decapod The shrimp is, of course, a crustacean, a cousin, many times removed, of the crab and the lobster, and the famous crayfish, of whom Professor Huxley has written so admirably and exhaustively; but we need not dwell on the fact, or generalise him at length into the macrourans and decapodans.

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@misc{decapodan_2026,
  title = {decapodan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/decapodan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}