Crabs, Lobsters and Shrimps
Decapoda
Decapoda (crabs, lobsters and shrimps) is an order in the class Malacostraca, containing 9,525 described species.
Scientific classification
| Rank | Taxon |
|---|---|
| Domain | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Order | Decapoda |
Families
- Potamidae641
- Palaemonidae625
- Atyidae521
- Cambaridae465
- Gecarcinucidae395
- Xanthidae338
- Alpheidae325
- Diogenidae320
- Paguridae292
- Sesarmidae280
- Pseudothelphusidae249
- Porcellanidae218
- Parastacidae211
- Portunidae207
- Leucosiidae194
- Epialtidae174
- Penaeidae169
- Potamonautidae165
- Varunidae141
- Pilumnidae140
- Ocypodidae136
- Hymenosomatidae109
- Aeglidae94
- Thoridae94
- Pinnotheridae90
- Scyllaridae88
- Crangonidae81
- Parthenopidae80
- Homolidae76
- Hippolytidae74
- Inachidae72
- Processidae70
- Galatheidae67
- Lithodidae67
- Pandalidae60
- Calappidae58
- Majidae58
- Dromiidae56
- Lysmatidae56
- Munididae54
- Palinuridae54
- Nephropidae53
- Sicyoniidae52
- Panopeidae49
- Macrophthalmidae48
- Trichodactylidae47
- Solenoceridae46
- Callichiridae44
- Mithracidae43
- Munidopsidae43
- Dotillidae39
- Grapsidae38
- Polychelidae38
- Geryonidae37
- Axiidae36
- Upogebiidae35
- Sergestidae33
- Carcinidae31
- Stenopodidae30
- Deckeniidae28
- Aethridae27
- Gecarcinidae27
- Pseudorhombilidae27
- Trapeziidae27
- Acanthephyridae26
- Albuneidae26
- Cryptochiridae24
- Astacidae23
- Hippidae23
- Inachoididae23
- Camptandriidae22
- Cancridae22
- Coenobitidae22
- Rhynchocinetidae22
- Benthesicymidae21
- Callianassidae21
- Goneplacidae21
- Pasiphaeidae21
- Alvinocarididae20
- Bythocarididae20
- Oregoniidae20
- Oziidae19
- Spongicolidae18
- Parapaguridae17
- Dorippidae16
- Raninidae16
- Aristeidae15
- Bythograeidae15
- Euryplacidae15
- Matutidae15
- Palicidae15
- Glyphocrangonidae14
- Ogyrididae13
- Chirostylidae12
- Tetraliidae12
- Dynomenidae11
- Enoplometopidae11
- Euryrhynchidae11
- Plagusiidae11
- Laomediidae10
- Menippidae10
- Barbouriidae9
- Corystidae9
- Eriphiidae9
- Pseudoziidae9
- Chasmocarcinidae8
- Ctenochelidae8
- Epiloboceridae8
- Mictyridae8
- Nematocarcinidae8
- Oplophoridae8
- Acidopsidae7
- Galenidae7
- Latreilliidae7
- Luciferidae7
- Parapinnixidae7
- Percnidae7
- Pylochelidae7
- Belliidae6
- Cambaroididae6
- Ethusidae6
- Mathildellidae6
- Procarididae6
- Blepharipodidae5
- Campylonotidae5
- Cymonomidae5
- Domeciidae5
- Hexapodidae5
- Platyxanthidae5
- Strahlaxiidae5
- Xenophthalmidae5
- Agostocarididae4
- Brusiniidae4
- Chlorotocellidae4
- Cyclodorippidae4
- Eumunididae4
- Homolodromiidae4
- Kiwaidae4
- Pilumnoididae4
- Planopilumnidae4
- Trichopeltariidae4
- Typhlocarididae4
- Atelecyclidae3
- Carpiliidae3
- Cheiragonidae3
- Eucalliacidae3
- Glyptograpsidae3
- Lyreididae3
- Sternostylidae3
- Stylodactylidae3
- Calocarcinidae2
- Christmaplacidae2
- Dacryopilumnidae2
- Dairidae2
- Dairoididae2
- Eugonatonotidae2
- Glypheidae2
- Iphiculidae2
- Lipkiidae2
- Merguiidae2
- Psalidopodidae2
- Sphaerodromiidae2
- Thalassinidae2
- Xiphocarididae2
- Anchialocarididae1
- Antrocarcinidae1
- Aphanodactylidae1
- Callianideidae1
- Callianopsidae1
- Conleyidae1
- Crossotonotidae1
- Desmocarididae1
- Disciadidae1
- Ectaesthesiidae1
- Heloeciidae1
- Heteroziidae1
- Hypothalassiidae1
- Leptograpsodidae1
- Linnaeoxanthidae1
- Litocheiridae1
- Lomisidae1
- Macromaxillocarididae1
- Nautilocorystidae1
- Orithyiidae1
- Poupiniidae1
- Progeryonidae1
- Pseudocarcinidae1
- Retroplumidae1
- Scalopidiidae1
- Sotoplacidae1
- Tanaochelidae1
- Tetriasidae1
- Tumidocarcinidae1
- Xenograpsidae1
- Xylopaguridae1