A recent study commissioned by the United Kingdom confirms what Swiss scientists determined in 2018: lobsters, crabs, and ...

Have you ever seen a hermit crab or owned one as a pet? These tiny decapod crustaceans are known for their interesting habit of finding shelter. Rather than growing their own protective shell, such as ...

In honor of Critter of the Month's tenth birthday, let's explore the world of one of Puget Sound's most graceful ten-legged ...

A crab-like body plan has evolved at least five separate times among decapod crustaceans, a group that includes crabs, lobsters and shrimp. In fact, it's happened so often that there's a name for ...

A crab-like body plan has evolved at least five separate times among decapod crustaceans, a group that includes crabs, lobsters and shrimp. In fact, it's happened so often that there's a name for ...

Decapod: Refers to crustaceans possessing ten legs, a character that underpins their classification and is central to understanding their functional morphology and evolutionary adaptations.

Putative Nociceptive Responses in a Decapod Crustacean: The Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas). Biology , 2024; 13 (11): 851 DOI: 10.3390/biology13110851 Cite This Page : ...

Hermit crabs are a decapod crustacean, meaning they have 10 (deca-) legs (pods) along with a hardened exoskeleton or shell. There are about 800 species worldwide with 11 found in Florida.

FACT: The future is female self-cloning crayfish. And our only hope to beat them may be eating them. By Andy “River” Peterson. That’s a slight exaggeration. But the only known decapod ...

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg are the first to prove that painful stimuli are sent to the brain of shore crabs providing more evidence for pain in crustaceans. EEG style ...