Members of the order decapoda, class Malacostraca, superclass Crustacea, phylum Arthropoda; have five pairs of thoracic legs. Examples are shrimps, lobsters, crabs, and hermit crabs.
[Bliss, 1982]
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Martin, J.W., N.D. Pentcheff, D. Striley, C. Perrodin, A.R. Wall, J. Wall, and J. Zieba (editors).
Crustacea Glossary. Crustacea Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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