Decapoda
decapods
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2026-08-05: itis_id 95599 via WoRMS external link
A decapod is a crustacean in the large order of Decapoda within the class Malacostraca, including crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, and prawns. Most decapods are scavengers.W CalCOFI holds 2,309 observations of it in 4 datasets between 1951 and 2021, as megalopa and zoea, across 9 taxa under it.R
- 2,309
- observations
- 6,649
- records
- 310
- sampling events
- 1951–2021
- years
- 4
- datasets
- 3
- species under it
- megalopa · zoea
- life stages
Observed in 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same
strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses
(dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet
pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Decapoda · code
decapoda
Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:1130")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:1130'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.21, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 2 taxa · Pleocyemata most observed
- sO Pleocyemata5,024
- sO Dendrobranchiata prawns1,005
Life stages megalopa · zoea
- Dungeness Crab Megalopae megalopa · zoea
The stages each dataset records for it, from the release's obs_bio.life_stage.
Lineage 8 ranks · Biota to Eucarida
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Penaeus monodon · source
- Photo · Peter Vos · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Decapod” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1368376467
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist · GBIF
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.21
Cite the release, v2026.10.21; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗