Pleocyemata

Translingual Etymology mul Proper noun suborder order Decapoda decapod crustaceans whose fertilised eggs are incubated by the female, and remain stuck to the pleopods (swimming legs) until they are ready to hatch. Hypernyms suborder Hyponyms suborder Achelata infraorder (called lobsters, but not true lobster s), Anomura infraorder (hermit crabs etc.), Astacidea infraorder, Axiidea infraorder (ghost shrimp, mud shrimp, burrowing shrimp), Brachyura infraorder (true crabs), Caridea infraorder (true shrimp), Gebiidea infraorder (mud lobster, mud shrimp), Glypheidea infraorder, Polychelida infraorder, Stenopodidea infraorder (boxer shrimp) infraorders References