Order Decapoda (Ten-footed)

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Gnathophyllum elegans
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Scyllarus arctus
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Pagurus prideaux
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Eriphia verrucosa
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Periclimenes amethysteus
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Lysmata seticaudata
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Stenopus spinosus
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Pandalus montagui
picture By JIM GREENFIELD

Family

Taxon	Vernacular name (ENG)	Videos	Photos
Acanthephyridae (8)		0	0
Acidopsidae (7)		0	0
Aethridae (7)		0	0
Agostocarididae (1)		0	0
Albuneidae (9)		0	0
Alpheidae (48)	Snapping shrimps	0	8
Alvinocarididae (9)		0	0
Amphionididae (1)		0	0
Anchialocarididae (1)		0	0
Anchistioididae (1)		0	0
Aphanodactylidae (6)		0	0
Aristeidae (9)	Aristeid shrimps	0	0
Atelecyclidae (2)	Circular crabs	0	0
Atyidae (42)	Atyid shrimps	0	0
Axianassidae (2)		0	0
Axiidae (60)		0	0
Barbouriidae (4)		0	0
Bathypalaemonellidae (2)		0	0
Belliidae (4)		0	0
Benthesicymidae (5)		0	0
Blepharipodidae (2)		0	0
Bresiliidae (2)		0	0
Bresilioidea incertae sedis		0	0
Brusiniidae (1)		0	0
Bythocarididae (4)		0	0
Bythograeidae (6)		0	0
Calappidae (9)	Box Crabs	1	12
Callianassidae (47)	Ghost shrimps	0	2
Callianideidae (6)		0	0
Callianopsidae (1)		0	0
Camptandriidae (25)		0	0
Campylonotidae (1)		0	0
Cancridae (6)	Edible crabs	0	4
Carcinidae (3)		1	6
Carcinoplacidae		0	0
Carpiliidae (1)		0	5
Chasmocarcinidae (16)		0	0
Cheiragonidae (2)	Helmet crabs	0	0
Chirostylidae (7)	Squat lobsters	0	0
Christmaplacidae (2)		0	0
Coenobitidae (2)		0	2
Conleyidae (1)		0	0
Corystidae (3)	Masked crabs	0	2
Crangonidae (23)	Crangonid shrimp	0	2
Crossotonotidae (2)		0	0
Cryptochiridae (21)	Gall crabs	0	0
Cyclodorippidae (10)		0	0
Cymonomidae (5)		0	0
Dacryopilumnidae (1)		0	0
Dairidae (1)		0	3
Dairoididae (1)		0	0
Desmocarididae (1)		0	0
Diogenidae (22)	Left-handed hermit crabs	2	27
Disciadidae (4)		0	0
Domeciidae (4)		0	0
Dorippidae (9)	Demon-faced crabs	0	2
Dotillidae (10)		0	0
Dromiidae (42)	Sponge crabs	1	8
Dynomenidae (6)		0	0
Enoplometopidae (2)		0	1
Epialtidae (93)		0	6
Eriphiidae (4)		0	4
Eryonidae		0	0
Ethusidae (4)		0	1
Eucalliacidae (3)		0	0
Eugonatonotidae (1)		0	0
Eumunididae (2)		0	0
Euryplacidae (14)		0	0
Euryrhynchidae (3)		0	0
Galatheidae (12)	Squat lobsters	0	10
Galenidae (4)		0	0
Gecarcinidae (6)	Land crabs	0	0
Geryonidae (5)	Deepsea crabs	0	0
Glypheidae (2)		0	0
Glyphocrangonidae (1)	Armored shrimps	0	0
Glyptograpsidae (2)		0	0
Goneplacidae (20)	Angular crabs	0	0
Gourretiidae (8)		0	0
Grapsidae (9)	Marsh crabs	0	3
Hapalogastridae (5)		0	0
Heloeciidae (1)		0	0
Hepatidae		0	0
Hexapodidae (16)		0	0
Hippidae (3)	Mole crabs	0	0
Hippolytidae (17)	Humpback prawns	0	9
Homolidae (14)		0	0
Homolodromiidae (2)		0	0
Hymenosomatidae (26)		0	0
Hypothalassiidae (1)		0	0
Inachidae (35)	Spider crabs	2	26
Inachoididae (13)		1	7
Iphiculidae (2)		0	0
Kiwaidae (1)		0	0
Laomediidae (4)		0	0
Latreilliidae (2)		0	0
Leptograpsodidae		0	0
Leucosiidae (72)	Nut crabs	0	0
Linnaeoxanthidae		0	0
Lipkiidae		0	0
Lithodidae (10)	Stone crabs	0	0
Litocheiridae (2)		0	0
Lomisidae (1)		0	0
Luciferidae (2)		0	0
Lyreididae		0	0
Lysmatidae (5)		0	14
Macromaxillocarididae (1)		0	0
Macrophthalmidae (12)		0	0
Majidae (41)	Spider crabs	0	6
Mathildellidae (5)		0	0
Matutidae (4)		0	0
Menippidae (5)		0	1
Merguiidae (1)		0	0
Micheleidae (4)		0	0
Mictyridae (1)	Grenadier crabs	0	0
Mithracidae (14)		0	6
Munididae (21)		0	2
Munidopsidae (4)		0	0
Nematocarcinidae (6)		0	0
Nephropidae (16)	Clawed lobsters	3	6
Ocypodidae (13)	Fiddler crabs and ghost crabs	0	8
Ogyrididae (1)	Longeye shrimps	0	0
Oplophoridae (4)	Deepsea shrimps	0	0
Oregoniidae (9)		0	0
Orithyiidae (1)		0	0
Ovalipidae (3)		0	0
Oziidae (7)		0	0
Paguridae (88)	Right-handed hermit crabs	0	11
Palaemonidae (147)	Palaemonid shrimps	1	88
Palicidae (9)	Stilt crabs	0	0
Palinuridae (12)	Spiny lobsters	1	31
Pandalidae (22)	Pandalid shrimps	0	3
Panopeidae (20)		0	0
Paracalliacidae (1)		0	0
Parapaguridae (10)	Deepwater hermit crabs	0	0
Parathelphusidae		0	0
Parthenopidae (40)	Calthrop crabs	0	1
Pasiphaeidae (7)	Glass shrimps	0	0
Penaeidae (27)	Penaeid shrimps	0	10
Percnidae (1)		0	3
Phyllotymolinidae (3)		0	0
Physetocarididae (1)		0	0
Pilumnidae (69)		0	4
Pilumnoididae (2)		0	0
Pinnotheridae (60)	Commensal crabs	0	0
Pirimelidae (2)		0	0
Pisidae		0	0
Plagusiidae (5)		0	0
Planopilumnidae (4)		0	0
Platyxanthidae (5)		0	0
Polybiidae (7)		0	2
Polychelidae (6)		0	0
Porcellanidae (30)	Porcelain crabs	0	8
Portunidae (32)	Swimming crabs	0	16
Poupiniidae (1)		0	0
Procarididae (2)		0	0
Processidae (6)	Night shrimps	0	2
Progeryonidae (3)		0	0
Psalidopodidae (1)	Scissorfoot shrimps	0	0
Pseudochelidae (1)		0	0
Pseudorhombilidae (17)		0	0
Pseudoziidae (3)		0	0
Pylochelidae (10)		0	0
Pylojacquesidae (2)		0	0
Raninidae (13)	Frog crabs	0	0
Retroplumidae (2)		0	0
Rhynchocinetidae (2)		0	8
Scalopidiidae (2)		0	0
Scyllaridae (19)	Slipper lobsters	1	21
Sergestidae (19)	Sergestid shrimps	0	0
Sergestoidea incertae sedis (7)		0	0
Sesarmidae (34)		0	0
Sicyoniidae (1)	Rock shrimps	0	1
Solenoceridae (10)	Solenocerid shrimps	0	0
Sotoplacidae (1)		0	0
Spongicolidae (7)		0	0
Stenopodidae (4)		0	24
Sternostylidae (1)		0	0
Strahlaxiidae (3)		0	3
Stylodactylidae (5)		0	1
Tanaochelidae (1)		0	0
Tetraliidae (2)		0	1
Thalassinidae (1)		0	0
Thiidae (2)		0	0
Thoridae (8)		0	7
Trapeziidae (7)		0	1
Trichopeltariidae (5)		0	0
Typhlocarididae		0	0
Upogebiidae (13)		0	0
Varunidae (39)		0	0
Vultocinidae (1)		0	0
Xanthidae (137)		0	13
Xenograpsidae (1)		0	0
Xenophthalmidae (3)		0	0
Xiphocarididae (1)		0	0

Vernacular names for order Decapoda


Language	Name	Source
Dutch; Flemish	tienpotigen	Worms
English	ten-footed, decapods	Worms, Worms
German	Decapoden, Zehnfußkrebse	Worms, Worms
Japanese	十脚	Worms
Swedish	tiofotade kräftdjur	Worms

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