Crabs (order)

Decapoda

Crabs (Decapoda) also commonly known as Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns or Shrimp, is a biological order of the phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) and class Malacostraca.

Classification

Families in the Order of Decapoda

Armored Shrimp (family)

Glyphocrangonidae

Elbow Crabs (family)

Parthenopidae

Gall Crabs (family)

Cryptochiridae

Ghost Shrimps (family)

Callianassidae

Helmet Crabs (family)

Cheiragonidae

Hingebeak Shrimp (family)

Rhynchocinetidae

Horse Crabs (family)

Atelecyclidae

Land Crabs (family)

Gecarcinidae

Pea Crabs (family)

Pinnotheridae

Orders in the Class of Malacostraca

Crabs (order)

Decapoda

Krill (order)

Euphausiacea

Lophogastrids (order)

Lophogastrida

External Links

Decapoda – Wikipedia